Japan's population decline, aging continue in 2017

Japan's population fell for the seventh consecutive year to around 127 million in 2017, when people aged 65 or over accounted for a record 27.7 percent of the total, continuing on the path of a super-aged society, government data showed Friday.According to the World Health Organization, a country is considered an "aging society" if the proportion of people aged 65 or older exceeds 7 percent, an "aged society" if the proportion surpasses 14 percent, and a "super-aged society" if it is over 21 percent. Japan has the highest proportion of people in the world aged 65 or over.The country's popul…READ FULL ARTICLE