By 2040, Japan's elderly population is projected to account for 34.8 percent of the population.
More than 10 percent of Japanese people have crossed 80 years or older for the first time, new official data showed, as the nation faces a rapidly greying population.
“Japan has the highest percentage of elderly population in the world,” the ministry said in a press release.For decades, Japan has seen its population shrink and grow older as young people delay marriage and children largely due to unstable jobs and economic difficulties.
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