Japan's declining birth rate means that by 2015 more than one in four Japanese will be 65 or over, while the working population is forecast to shrink almost 10 per cent by 2030.
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福岛的主要任务之一将是鼓励“家庭友好”政策,提高日本的出生率。
One of her major tasks will be to encourage family-friendly policies to boost Japan's low birth rate.
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在日本,出生率非常低,以至于人口从现在到2050年间,将减少21%。
In Japan, the birth rate is so low that the population is expected to shrink 21% between now and 2050.