Japan says one in 10 residents are aged 80 or above as nation turns gray

boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.world – 364 points –
Japan says one in 10 residents are aged 80 or above as nation turns gray | CNN
edition.cnn.com
65

You are viewing a single comment

According to Google their average life expectancy is 84. So in the next few years they can lose 10% of their population. With birth rates so low would they even be able to make up for that?

No, they can't. Hence the ongoing shrinking population

Immigration. But the hyper national party in charge doesn't want that.