Less than "fifteen percent" of the Japanese people are farmers (in Japan, that is), due mostly to a large technological boom period and the fact that land is limited.
Less than 5% of the Japanese people are farmers. That is only 6,340,000 people from a 126,800,000 population.
Japan is an urban society with less than 5% of the working population related to agriculture. Many farmers look for part-time jobs near cities to increase their income.
Answer:Before they were replaced in 1865 by a paid professional force, New York City had relied completely upon volunteer fire companies, organized by neighborhoods and staffed predominantly by the working classes.
