Over the past year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has led a series of meetings at the Council for Designing 100-year Life Society , an expert group set up to prepare for a rise in the number of centenarians. Challenges of an aging populationTwenty-seven percent of Japan's population is 65 or older, according to World Bank data . This "narrative" will help signal the challenges ahead and encourage the conversation on what life in aging societies will look like, Gratton adds. Beyond the world of work, health care systems will probably be affected by aging populations and be forced to adapt accordingly. The global population of older persons (those 60 or older) numbered 962 million in 2017, according to the UN World Population Ageing report .

Source: CNN August 24, 2018 04:07 UTC