Figures published by the internal affairs ministry ahead of Sept. 18, Respect-for-the-Aged Day, show that those aged 80 and older for the first time represent 10 percent of the population.
As Japan marks Respect-for-the Aged Day on Sept. 20, people who are aged 65 or older being honored now account for a record 29.1 percent of the population. That estimate, based on the 2015 ...
According to demographic statistics released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for last year's Respect for the Aged Day, people 65 and over number 36.23 million in the country ...