Sept. 14, 2021
September 14th, 2021
In Japan, next Monday is a national holiday called Respect for the Aged Day, so there was an article about centenarians in the today's newspaper. According to this, there are about 86,000 centenarians, the highest ever in Japan. Compared to 1998, when the number of centenarians exceeded 10,000 for the first time, it has increased more than eight times.
日本では来週の月曜日は「敬老の日」という祝日なので、今日の新聞に100歳以上の人についての記事が載っていました。この記事によると、100歳以上の人は約86000人で、今までで一番多くなったそうです。初めて100歳以上の人が1万人を超えた1998年に比べると8倍以上になっているみたいです。
September 14th, 2021
In Japan, next Monday is a national holiday called Respect for the AgedElders Day, and so there was an article about centenarians in the today's newspaper.
'Respect for the Aged Day' is what it's called on Wikipedia, but I think 'Respect for Elders Day' is more natural. We don't really refer to people as 'aged'.
According to thise article, there are about 86,000 centenarians, the highemost ever in Japan.
'Highest ever' number, but most ever centenarians.
Compared to 1998, when the number of centenarians exceeded 10,000 for the first time, ithe centenarian population has increased more than eight timesfold.
'More than 8 times' means...well that it has increased more than 8 separate times. If it increased by 1 9 times, then that would be 'increased more than 8 times'. You can say 'increased more than eightfold' (which also works for other numbers like twofold, threefold, etc., but mostly numbers 2-11 I'd say), 'increased to more than eight times its previous value', 'increased by more than eight times', etc.
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Nice work! I've read that aging populations in China and Japan might cause some problems sometime in the future.
Sept. 15, 2021
Thank you!
September 14th, 2021
In Japan, next Monday is a national holiday called Respect for the Aged Day, so there was an article about centenarians in the today's newspaper.
According to this, there are about 86,000 centenarians, the highest ever in Japan.
Compared to 1998, when the number of centenarians exceeded 10,000 for the first time, it has increased more than eight times.
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Whoa, I didn't realise!
Sept. 14, 2021
Thank you!
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In Japan, next Monday is a national holiday called Respect for the Aged Day, so there was an article about centenarians in the today's newspaper. In Japan, next Monday is a national holiday called Respect for 'Respect for the Aged Day' is what it's called on Wikipedia, but I think 'Respect for Elders Day' is more natural. We don't really refer to people as 'aged'.
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According to this, there are about 86,000 centenarians, the highest ever in Japan. According to th 'Highest ever' number, but most ever centenarians.
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Compared to 1998, when the number of centenarians exceeded 10,000 for the first time, it has increased more than eight times. Compared to 1998, when the number of centenarians exceeded 10,000 for the first time, 'More than 8 times' means...well that it has increased more than 8 separate times. If it increased by 1 9 times, then that would be 'increased more than 8 times'. You can say 'increased more than eightfold' (which also works for other numbers like twofold, threefold, etc., but mostly numbers 2-11 I'd say), 'increased to more than eight times its previous value', 'increased by more than eight times', etc.
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