Research shows that by 2050

Research shows that the number of elderly people in Japan who have no close relatives left will increase to 10% of the total elderly population by 2050. A new study by a research institute in Japan shows that the number of people aged 65 and over in Japan who have no close relatives left, ranging from first-degree relatives (father, mother, siblings, and children) to third-degree relatives (great-grandparents and great-grandchildren), will increase to 4.48 million by 2050, about 1.5 times the current number. ufabet