By RYO TOYOOKA/ Staff Writer
September 21, 2020 at 14:45 JST
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications releases data on Japan’s demographics in time for Sept. 21, Respect-for-the-Aged Day. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Japan's rapidly aging society now has a record 36.17 million people aged 65 or older, up by 300,000 from a year earlier and accounting for 28.7 percent of the overall population, another record, government statistics show. [Read More]
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