People aged 80 and over top 10% of Japan's population for 1st time

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If they need any advice how not to proceed with such statistics ask Germany

Is that a cheap Holocaust joke or are you just unaware how it looks in Germany: https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/zahlen-und-fakten/soziale-situation-in-deutschland/61538/bevoelkerung-nach-altersgruppen-und-geschlecht/#:\~:text=Bei%20den%2070%2D%20bis%2079,J%C3%A4hrigen%20bei%2058%2C6%20Prozent.

We're not that extreme yet, but we have almodt the same. development.

Yeah, and part of the gap can probably be explained by life expectancy differences. Germany faces a tough time by 2040 when the big block of 50-59 who most likely pay an outsized part of the taxes as well will have virtually all retired.