S. Korea, Japan lead Asia in life expectancy at 84.1 years: study

The high-income Asia-Pacific region, which includes South Korea and Japan, recorded Asia’s highest average life expectancy at 84.1 years in 2023, a study showed. The research team led by Korea University professor Kang Ji-seung and Kyung Hee University professor Yon Dong-keon analyzed life expectancy, cause-specific mortality and health risk factors across 34 Asian countries from 1990 to 2023. The study, published in Nature on Wednesday, found that life expectancy increased across Asia during th