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Japanese life expectancy falls in 2022 for 2nd straight year - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average life expectancy of Japanese people declined in 2022 for the second straight year, affected significantly by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the health ministry.

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[-] CliveRosfield@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Wondering if it’s Covid

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

From the very first line of the article and the blurb autopulled into the body of the post:

The average life expectancy of Japanese people declined in 2022 for the second straight year, affected significantly by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the health ministry.