TOKYO - Foreign residents made up 9.5 percent of the people in their 20s in Japan in 2025, more than double the 4.1 percent in 2015, a Kyodo News analysis of government data showed Saturday, highlighting their potential role in sustaining the country's social welfare system amid a shrinking population of young Japanese.
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