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The number of children in Japan aged 14 and under continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework the lowest ever. Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework figures yesterday, just before the country's Children's Day national holiday on May the 5th. The figures continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework that the number of children in Japan continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework by 160,000 from the previous year. It is the 33rd year in a row for the birthrate to continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework. There are 13 million fewer children in Japan today than there continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework in 1950. The Ministry continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework that out of 30 countries with a population of over 40 million, Japan continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework the smallest percentage of kids. Children continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework up 12.8 per cent of Japan’s population. In France, the figure continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework 18.5 per cent and in the United States, it is 19.5 per cent.

While the number of children in Japan is continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework down, the number of old people is continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework. The over-65s now continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework up a record 25.6 per cent of the Japanese population. The government has continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework that these trends will continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework for decades to come. It said the proportion of people aged 65 or over could continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework nearly 40 per cent in 2060. This will make life in Japan almost impossible for young, working people. They will have to continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework much higher taxes to continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework the over-65s. The Japanese economy will also be in big trouble because there will not be enough young people to continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework. Japan's government has tried many things to get people to have more babies, but nothing continuedecreasefellgoinghasincreasingismakepayreachreleasedsaidseemsshowsupportwarnedwerework to be working.