The Japanese live longer than almost any race in the world, and there may be one simple reason why. The Japanese rate second in the global longevity stakes for women and fourth for men – these people know something we don’t and a new book, The little book of Ikigai  explains it. It’s called Ikigai. The book is written by Japanese neuroscientist and best selling writer Ken Mogi. I went to Japan for the first time a couple of months ago, and for me, it really was a breath taking out of body experience in many ways. I’ve lived in Asia – in Kuala Lumpur to be exact,  and loved it, but Japan is like another planet compared to that country – so much cleaner, more organised, safer, and futuristic. But the people are so much different too – in two words, they’re more zen – and it’s working for them. Ikigai-  so what exactly is it? Having read parts of the book, I interpret it as having purpose, but not just big purpose, such as “I wanted to be married with 3 children or I want to climb Mt Everest or I wanted to create a billion dollar company.” […]

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