Fewer Japanese than ever in recorded history will be 20-years old as of January 1st.
Internal affairs ministry estimates suggest 1.21 million people -- 620,000 men and 590,000 women -- turned 20 this year, and will celebrate their coming of age in 2014.That's a drop of 10,000 from a year earlier and the lowest number since the ministry began the estimates in 1968.
The number of 20-year-old Japanese peaked at 2.46 million in 1970, when the first generation of baby boomers came of age.
Source: NewsOnJapan
The number of 20-year-old Japanese peaked at 2.46 million in 1970, when the first generation of baby boomers came of age.
Source: NewsOnJapan
