{
  "id": 8653666,
  "title": "Proportion of Elderly Population in Japan Hits Record High near 30 Pct",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/proportion-of-elderly-population-in-japan-hits-record-high-near-30-pct",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T08:51:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026092000208/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--The number of people aged 65 and older in Japan is estimated to have totaled 36.24 million as of Tuesday, up by 20,000 from a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry said Sunday, ahead of Respect for the Aged Day in Japan on Monday. The proportion of this age group in Japan's overall population rose 0.2 percentage point to a record high of 29.6 pct. This fi...",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}