ildren aged under 15

in 1950.The ratio of children aged under 15 to the ove▓rall population also dropped to a record-low ▓of 12.4 percent, down for the 43rd straight year, g▓overnment data showed.Regionally, among Jap▓an's 47 pr

efectures, only Tokyo had more ch▓ildren as of Oct. 1, 2016 than a ye▓ar earlier, while other prefectures a▓ll suffered a decline in the number of children aged under 15.Okinawa had the highest ratio of children to the overall population, which stood at 17.2 percent, while Akita had the lowest ratio of 10.3 percent.Japan has been suffering from a trend of▓ population decrease for decades, with its birthrate in 2016 falling to the lowest level since World War II with only 981,000 births.Earlier government estimates showed ▓that population of Japan co