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 ...

In the last twenty years, it has been customary to refer to Japan’s weak economic performance as a lost decade. Demographics tell us that we are moving well beyond that. Japan is looking at a lost ...

In fact, such was Takaichi’s success in impressing the U.S. president that she even got the White House to endorse a narrative that she was borrowing from her mentor, former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo ...

Japan population decline 2024: Japan's population suffered a dramatic blow in 2024, decreasing by over 900,000 individuals, which is the largest decline the country has experienced since the survey ...

Japan's population is declining at record speed while the number of foreign nationals residing in the country has risen to a record high, according to government data released Wednesday. The data show ...

Japan’s population crisis continues to get worse by the year. New data released on Wednesday by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs reveals that the number of Japanese residents fell by more than 800 ...

Tokyo (CNN) — 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 ...

More than 10% of Japan’s population is now age 80 or older, the government said Monday, the latest worrying milestone in the rapidly graying country’s demographic crisis. According to figures released ...