Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr.
Respect for the Aged Day has just passed on September 21st, the international affairs ministry made public its information about the population in Japan. As of September 15,Japan\’s population stood at 127,56 million, down 120,000 from a year before.
People aged 65 or older numbered 28.98 million (12.39 million men and 16.59 million women),accounting for 22.7 % of the total population and up 800,000 or 0.6 percentage point, from a year before.
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