日本の女性の平均寿命は、今の８６歳から９１歳になる。
対して男性は、せいぜい８４歳。
女性は長生きに拍車がかかるそうだ。
５０年後
日本の６０歳以上の人口は、全体の半分近くまで
に達するそうだ。
その頃は、６０歳って言っても、お年寄りではなく
中年の部類に入るのだと思うけど
心配なことがもうひとつ
ある。
若者が結婚しなくなるからかな～
日本の人口が ３分の１に減るらしい。
だとしたら、(--；)
どこもかしこも
ゴーストタウンになりかねない。
おいおい
勘弁してくれよ
頼むから～ m(_ _ )m
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Japan's Population to Shrink Nearly a Third by 2060
The world's oldest country is about to get even older.
New figures released by the government estimate people
aged 65 and older will make up nearly 40 percent of
the population of Japan 50 years from now.
Even more troubling, the country's population is
expected to shrink by 30 percent, with birth rates
showing little signs of improvement.
In the last few decades, Japan's social security budget
has soared 15 percent, an increase of 1 trillion yen per
year.
Complicating the issue, is Japan's dismal birthrate.
Young workers have increasingly become reluctant to start
families, because of financial concerns.
Women are putting off marriage altogether, worried it
could tie down their careers.
On average, Japanese women have 1.4 children.
That number is 1.9 for U.S. women.
There is one number that continues to go up: Japan's
life expectancy.
Already the highest in the world, researchers estimate
life expectancy for Japanese women will increase from
86 to 91 over the next half century.
The number is expected to rise from 79 to 84, for men.
