The highest percentage of lifetime singles

The average age of Japanese women experiencing her first childbirth surpassed 30 and the percentage of lifetime unmarried people was 20.14 among male and 10.61 among female, the government's "Provision for Aging Population White Paper" decided on June 25th noted.
In addition, the percentage responded "I am never going to married in my life." was 9.4 among male and 6.8 among female, which was an all-time high.


初産年齢30歳超す　「一生結婚しない」男女とも最高 少子化白書を決定　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFS2403U_V20C13A6EB1000/


One out of three males in their 20s, "Maybe I can't get married."

90 percents of Japanese men think economically supporting family is husband's role

630,000 are "NEET" among the Japanese young

30 percents of school roads without sidewalk

Number of child abuse cases hit the record of 248 during the first half of 2012

One out of five workers is over 60

The number of employments who are sixty years old or older in 2012 rose by 170,000 from the previous year to 11,920,000, marking the largest continuously six years, according to the Research of Labor Force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

- 19.0% of Japanese workers is over sixty.
- The number of Japanese workers over sixty has risen by 3.1 million for the past ten years.
- 57.7% of Japanese population aged between 60 to 64 is working.


働くシニア１１９２万人　６年連続最多更新　就業者の２割　総務省調査　―MSN産経ニュース
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/news/130427/biz13042723260043-n1.htm


Next 50 years, which Japanese companies will survive?

Japanese salary in 2012 was the lowest in 22 years

110 applicants for 1060 jobs. Welfare job meeting in Kagawa

Japan 101st on WEF "The Global Gender Gap Report"

Over 2.12M people on welfare

Population of people over 65 reached 30M

The day before Respect for the Aged Day(September 17th) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications revealed that the Japanese population of people over 65 years old has become the record high of 30.74 million, increased by 1.02 million from last year.
On the other hand, population of the people aged between 0 to 64 decreased by 1.28 million from last year. The ratio of old people above 65 in the total Japanese population(127.53 million) also reached the record high of 24.1 percents, increased by 0.8 points from last year.
Among the people over 65, there are 13.15 males and 17.59 females. Population of people over 75 was 15.17 million and over 85 was 4.30 million.
Among the people over 65, 16.4 percents are living alone.


65歳以上の高齢者、3000万人超す　「団塊」到達で　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFS16001_W2A910C1000000/?dg=1