Hey guys, to improve my Japanese I am reading the NHK News Web Easy headlines (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/) once a day. I am not good enough to read the complete articel. I want to use this thread to ask questions about the headlines.
For this headline I have a question (Articel):
日本の人口が10年続けて減った.
I understand that the Japanese population is decreasing over the last 10 years. But what does the けて stand for?