Japan's elderly population surpasses 100,000
The number of centenarians in Japan—people aged 100 or older—exceeded 107,000 for the first time in the country's history, with women making up about 90% of them. This comes amid a decline in the birth rate to its lowest level, highlighting Japan’s demographic crisis, which is leading to a shortage of labor and rising social security costs, while the aging population continues and the total population falls below 120 million for the first time in 42 years.
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