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Japan’s Elderly Population Grows to Record 36.25 M.

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Jiji Press

10:26 JST, September 16, 2024

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—The population of people aged 65 and over in Japan was estimated at 36.25 million as of Sunday, up by 20,000 from a year earlier and hitting a record high, the internal affairs ministry said ahead of Monday’s Respect for the Aged Day.

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