Okinawa has been famous as a place where people live well into old age, but that began to change in the years after the war. How Japan's record life expectancy declined after adopting a western lifestyle is a cautionary tale for all.
The inhabitants of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan have quite a notoriety for being amongst the world's longest-lived individuals for generations.
Medical specialists and gerontologists have swarmed to these semi-tropical islands off the coast of southern Jap...
