Crimes committed by Japan’s elderly have doubled in the past - TopicsExpress



          

Crimes committed by Japan’s elderly have doubled in the past decade and shoplifters are now more likely to be over 65 than juvenile. With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe planning to cut welfare further in August to rein in the national debt, and some 4.47 million people set to join the ranks of retirees in the next 10 years, the senior citizens crime wave is a foretaste of the challenges Japan faces from a rapidly aging population.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:55:08 +0000

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