Japan: One in 10 people aged 80 or older for first time
The world's oldest country has long struggled with how to provide for its ageing and declining population.
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Fewer 'I dos' ruin the party for China's $500 billion wedding industry
By Casey Hall and Farah Master SHANGHAI/HONG KONG COVID wasn't kind to wedding planners in China, where marriages
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Japan says one in 10 residents are now octogenarians as nation turns gray
More than 10% of Japan's population is now age 80 or older, the government said Monday, the latest worrying milestone in the rapidly graying country's demographic crisis.
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More than half of older Americans will need long-term term care. Many can't afford the rising cost
About one in six Americans are now age 65 or older and, as the average population ages, a majority are reaching the age of retirement in a precarious financial position, as costs of personal care continue to rise.
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