8/12/2015 – Japan’s Gray-Haired Pacifism

As Japan’s population shrinks, it is also aging. Japan has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, and so a very high proportion of elderly people. Japanese over the age of 65 account for more than 26 percent of the total population today, and are expected to account for nearly 40 percent by 2050.

These demographics have bred a kind of gray-haired pacifism.

Read the full article at The New York Times.