TOKYO — The number of people in Japan aged 65 or older hit a record high of 36.25 million this year, government data shows, as the East Asian country contends with one of the world's fastest-aging societies.
TOKYO — The number of people in Japan aged 65 or older hit a record high of 36.25 million this year, government data shows, as the East Asian country contends with one of the world's fastest-aging societies.The elderly now account for 29.3 percent of Japan's total population, also a new high, data released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications revealed on Sunday.
An elderly couple walks past a display showing closing information of the Nikkei Stock Average on the final trading day of the year at the office of a securities company in Japan’s capital Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2023. EPA FILE PHOTOItaly, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Germany and Croatia represented Europe in the top 10, with rates of over 20 percent.South Korea stood at 19.3 percent and China, 14.7 percent.
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