As Japan celebrated Respect-for-the-Aged Day on Sept. 16, the number of those aged 100 or older again marked a new record as it has each year for more than a half-century. The number of ...

16, Respect-for-the-Aged Day, a national holiday. The increase in the percentage of people over 65 years old, or the aging rate, was up 0.2 percentage points as of Sept. 15, the ministry said.