Japanese Population to Shrink by a Third by 2060

[Smaland]

"Over-65s will make up some 40% of Japan's population in 2060, latest estimates suggest. Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images"

Japan's population of 128 million will shrink by a third, and over-65s will account for 40% of people by 2060, placing an ever-increasing burden on the working-age population to support the country's social security and tax systems.

The new figures, released on Monday by the health and welfare ministry, also showed that the national workforce of people between the ages of 15 and 65 will shrink to about half of the total population.

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[Siberyak]

But they aren't letting in mass immigration.

[leisitox]

just manipulate the media to them to have more childs