JAPAN-ELDERLY RATIO-RECORD HIGH

JAPAN-ELDERLY RATIO-RECORD HIGH

(230918) -- TOKYO, Sept. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An elderly person walks on a business street in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 18, 2023. Japan's elderly citizens, defined as those aged 65 and above, saw their percentage in the overall population at a historic high of 29.1 percent, according to the demographic statistics announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications a day before the country's Respect for the Aged Day holiday. It made Japan the country with the highest percentage of elderly citizens among 200 nations and regions worldwide. TO GO WITH "1 in 10 Japanese aged 80 or above as elderly ratio hits record high" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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