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Geography | Citizenship | Theory of knowledge | Relationships and health

Japan’s old pick jail over life alone

An AI image of a Japanese woman in a prison yard.Life of crime: One in five Japanese people over the age of 65 live in poverty. In prison, they get free food and medical treatment.

Is this Britain’s future too? With an ageing population and one of the world’s lowest birth rates, Japan is facing a demographic crisis — and it is not alone.

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