People aged 75 or older, called «late-stage seniors» in Japan, now constitute a majority of those aged 65 or older in the country for the first time, according to demographic estimates released by the internal affairs ministry on Tuesday.
People aged 75 or older, called «late-stage seniors» in Japan, now constitute a majority of those aged 65 or older in the country for the first time, according to demographic estimates released by the internal affairs ministry on Tuesday.
The number of people at 75 or older totaled 17.70 million as of March 1, accounting for 50.1 pct of 35.34 million in total for those at 65 or older, the estimates showed.
