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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

And you think we will make significant enough farms on foreign worlds to make any dent in this in the next few decades? If we can't make enough food with a planet that's literally designed with us in mind, there is no hope of making it work anywhere else that we can reach.