TOKYO — The number of people in Japan aged 65 or older hit a record high of 36.25 million this year, government data shows, as the East Asian country contends with one of the world's fastest-aging societies.
The elderly now account for 29.3 percent of Japan's total population, also a new high, data released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications revealed on Sunday.
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