The setting of the rising sun? A recent comparative history of life expectancy trends in Japan and Australia

• Tim Adair,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1562-4452

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• Rebecca Kippen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Rural Health, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

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• Mohsen Naghavi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States

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• Alan D. Lopez

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alan.lopez@unimelb.edu.au

  Affiliation Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5818-6512

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