By SHINICHI SEKINE/ Staff Writer
May 13, 2024 at 07:30 JST
An area of Tokyo’s Chuo Ward is bustling with high-rise apartment buildings on March 18. The ward, with a rapidly growing population, will likely face the problem of aging in the years to come. (Shinichi Sekine)
Elderly people aged 75 or older will increase in number in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward, which is bustling with high-rise apartment buildings, at a steeper rate than anywhere else in Japan through 2050. [Read More]
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