It was fine.
Today is a national holiday called keiro no hi (敬老の日), Respect for the Aged Day. It used to be on September 15. But since 2003, it has fallen on the third Monday of September because of happy Monday system.
According to national statistics, as of September 15, there are 33,840,000 people (14,620,000 male, 19.210, 000 female) who are over 65 years old which occupy 26.7% of all the population. Among them there are 10,020,000 people who are over 80 years old which occupy 7.9% of all the population. This is the first time to have more than 10 million of them.
Japan is really an aging country.
Since our school is not a holiday I went to work. Trains were not crowded and it arrived earlier than usual in the morning and in the evening too.
As the new semester began today my working time has returned to regular time, that is from 10 am to 6 pm. When I left the office tonight, it was already dark.
I feel the approach of autumn.
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