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People age 80 and over top 7 million

The number of people in Japan at least 80 years old has topped 7 million for the first time, accounting for 5.6 percent of the population, the government announced Sunday. Read more . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Mon, Sep 17 2007

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14 Sep 08		20 million people now 70 or older  »  Japan Times The number of people aged 70 or older has topped 20 million for the first time, according to government statistics released Sunday. There are an estimated 20.17 million people in that age bracket, up 570,000 from Sept. 17 of last year, according to the...
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15 Apr 08		10% of nation lives in Tokyo  »  Japan Times Tokyo as of last Oct. 1 had 12.76 million residents, increasing 0.78 percent from a year earlier and — for the first time since 1979 — accounting for 10 percent of Japan's total population. Read the full story . . .
28 Jan 08		Foreign tourists top 8 million mark  »  Japan Times The number of foreign tourists visiting Japan hit a record 8.35 million in 2007, up 13.8 percent from the previous year and surpassing the 8 million mark for the first time, a government-backed entity promoting tourism said Monday. Read the full story ....
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