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 ...

Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the ...

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 ...

Japan has been facing a continuous population decline for several years. The declining birth rate and ageing population are slowing down Japan's economic, political, and social development. The ...

Japan’s new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, has made quite a start. She’s sparked a major spat with China over Taiwan; told us that, like her idol Margaret Thatcher, she apparently gets by on minimal ...

Japan logged its fewest births on record last year and more than twice as many deaths, according to a new government report, with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba calling it "a quiet emergency." Newsweek ...