The Tokyo region remains the only area to record slight population growth, rising by 0.13%. In contrast, all other ...

Japan’s precipitous population decline shows no sign of slowing, with the nation shrinking by more than 900,000 people last ...

Trends that are changing the face of Japan are continuing, with the latest census revealing the largest-ever decline in the ...

Japan and some of its East Asian neighbours frequently make headlines about population concerns, even as birth rates are now ...

The number of Japanese nationals living in the country fell by over 900,000 last year, a record decline for the aging ...

Japan’s population fell by more than 908,000 people in 2024, the largest annual decline since records began in 1968, bringing ...

Japan's population crisis, characterised by plummeting birth rates and an increasing proportion of elderly citizens, ...

The proportion of foreign residents in Japan could surpass 10% of the population as early as 2040, Justice Minister Keisuke ...

The number of Japanese people living in Japan has decreased for the 16th consecutive year to about 121 million, marking the ...

Japan is facing a serious population challenge, as it experienced nearly one million more deaths than births in 2024. Recent ...

Japan's population declined in all of its 47 prefectures for the first time in a record drop, while its number of foreign residents hit a new high, reaching almost 3 million people, according to ...

It was aborted, and Shukan Gendai relishes the irony. Half a century ago the expert, official and popular talk – in Japan and worldwide – was of population explosion. Our swelling numbers were a ...