The country today celebrates holidays for respect for the third age
The percentage of the population in Japan with an age over 65 years of age now touches 30%, a band that contributes to the country’s workforce to an increasing extent. The statistics published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the day of national holidays that celebrates respect for the third age, reveals how the 29.4% record is the highest among countries in the world with a population greater than 40 million inhabitants, translating into about 36.19 million elderly people, a third of which – equal to 9.3%, has an occupation. It is an increase for the 21st consecutive year, and a report that indicates one out of seven workers in Japan more than 65 years of age.
The National Social Security Research Institute provides that the Ultra 65nni will go up to 39.28 million in 2040, equal to 34.8% of the population, once again underlining demographic pressures with the entry into the third age of the generation of the second baby boom, which occurred between 1971 and 1974 Third place Germany with 23.7%.
The Japanese Ministry also reports that most of the elderly workers in 2024 were part-time employees or contracts, many of which were regularly employed in wholesale and retail trade.
