1.What is at the lowest ever rate in Japan?
a) figures
b) inflation
c) the number of under-14s
d) children over 15
2.What happened on May the 5th?
a) Children's Day
b) Figures Day
c) Baby's Day
d) Communications Day
3.For how many years has the birth rate been declining in Japan?
a) 30
b) 31
c) 32
d) 33
4.How many fewer children are there in Japan today than in 1950?
a) 130,000
b) 13,000,000
c) 13 billion
d) 30 million
5.What percentage of the USA population are children?
a) 12.8%
b) 18.5%
c) 19.5%
d) 33%
6.What is increasing in Japan?
a) the price of baby food
b) the number of old people
c) records
d) the population
7.What is the proportion of over-65s in Japan?
a) 26.5%
b) 56.2%
c) 62.5%
d) 25.6%
8.When might the over-65s be 40% of the population?
a) 2050
b) 2060
c) 2080
d) 2090
9.What will young people have to pay in the future?
a) higher taxes
b) a baby tax
c) new Japanese dollars
d) the price
10.What has Japan's government tried to do?
a) support the over-65s
b) increase the retirement age
c) get people working
d) get couples to have babies