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

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

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