Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic ...

Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic ...

Japan’s population is shrinking faster than ever, with nearly a million more deaths than births in 2024 – the steepest decline since records began in 1968. New figures released by the Ministry of ...

Japan’s precipitous population decline shows no sign of slowing, with the nation shrinking by more than 900,000 people last year – the biggest annual drop on record, according to government data. The ...

Deaths in Japan outnumbered births by 900,000 last year, the largest population fall on record. The country’s population is down to 120 million, having declined for 16 consecutive years. Nearly 30% of ...

Japan's population crisis has intensified according to government statistics which reveal child births fell for the eighth consecutive year to a new low in 2023. Births were down by 5.1 percent to 758 ...

The demographic crisis has become one of Japan’s most pressing issues, with multiple governments failing to reverse the double blow of a falling fertility rate and swelling elderly population. More ...