When pressure builds up, or tectonic plates shift, or where the crust is thin, volcanoes can erupt. There are 1,511 known volcanoes, 500 of which are active. Every now and then, a new one forms, as happened in 1943 in Paricutin, Mexico.
The average life expectancy for Japanese men is 80.5 years of age, while for women, life expectancy was calculated at 86.83 years of age, Fuji TV reported Friday.
High suicide rate. Approximately 30,000 Japanese people commit suicide each year. Japan has the highest life expectancy rate in the world in part because of universal health insurance, compulsory primary education and a general healthy lifestyle, according to a new study.