Data released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and communications of Japan shows that the number of elderly people over 65 reached 36.17 million, accounting for 28.7% of the total population, both the highest since records began. Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reported that among the 36.17 million elderly population of Japan, 15.73 million are men, accounting for 25.7% of the total male population, 20.44 million were women, accounting for 31.6% of the total female population. In addition, women over 70 made up 25.1% of the female population, exceeding a quarter for the first time. By age, there are 27.91 million people over the age of 70, 11.6 million over 80, 2.44 million over 90 and 80,450 over 100 in Japan. According to a UN report, Japan has the highest proportion of elderly people in the world, about 5 percentage points higher than Italy (23.3%), which ranks second. On the other hand, the government's labor force survey showed that the number of elderly workers in Japan has increased for 16 consecutive years, reaching 8.92 million in 2019, or 13.3% of the total workforce, both the highest since records began. As the number of elderly people continues to rise, Japan faces the problem of declining birthrate. As part of the countermeasures against declining birthrate, the Japanese government stated on September 20 that a subsidy of 600,000 yen, or about 40,000 yuan, will be given to newlyweds from 2021 to help them pay rent and moving expenses. In addition to providing subsidies for newlyweds, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Thursday that he plans to include infertility treatment in medical insurance by 2022. Meanwhile, in order to reduce the burden on patients as soon as possible, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare also plans to significantly increase the subsidy for related treatments in April 2021.