げんかいしゅうらく

限界集落

Genkai shuraku, Marginal village

65歳以上の高齢者が半分以上を超え、社会的な共同生活の維持が難しい地域のこと。

This refers to an area where more than half of the residents are elderly people aged 65 and over, and where it is difficult to maintain a social communal life.