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A elderly man sits in front of a department store in Tokyo's upscale Ginza shopping district, Friday 30 June 2006. According to Japanese government report released 30 June, the ratio of people aged 65 or older in Japan's total population reached the world's highest of 21.0 per cent in 2005, surpassing Italy's 20.0 per cent. EPA/EVERETT KENNEDY BROWN