Respect for the Aged Day today

By Ken Y-N ( September 19, 2005 at 23:55) · Filed under Polls, Society

It’s the annual be nice to old folks day today, and the big statistical news is that this year over 20% of Japan’s population is over 65, passing Italy on 19.5%. The issue of the aging population and the lack of children in Japan is littered with interesting facts and figures, so I’ll have to dig out a few references to translate sometime in the near future.

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    • 1 Comment »

    1. yiling said,

      April 8, 2006 @ 12:22

      what causes “respect for the aged day” to persist until today?
      why is this day necessary??

      pls reply to luv_n_peace10@hotmail.com as soon as possible. thank you!

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