This handout picture taken on September 13, 2021 and provided by Fukuoka Prefectural Government on April 25, 2022 shows the world’s oldest person, Japanese woman Kane Tanaka who was born on January 2, 1903, and died at the age of 119 on April 19, 2022. Handout / Fukuoka Prefectural Government / AFP
It marks an increase since 2020, when 7.37 million elderly, or 13.2 percent of all households, lived alone.The projection came as young Japanese people delay marriage or choose not to have children partly because they cannot afford to do so. Many elderly people currently have children or siblings who can look after them, even if they live alone, the institute said.
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