Japan recorded its lowest birth rate in 126 years with 705,809 births in 2025, resulting in a natural population decline of ...

Population models suggest the Kikai-Akahoya eruption brought severe regional decline alongside continued growth on some ...

Reading the Future of Japanese Life Through Official StatisticsHow will schools, healthcare, transportation, housing, and the ...

Japan’s 2025 census put the population at 122,972,528, as of October 1, 2025, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. That is a decline of 3.2 million compared to the ...

As a result, Toyama city may have received more funding from the central government than it should have.

L ESS THAN 40km separates the towns of Nanporo and Yubari, on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, but their fates could ...

The latest five-year census showed the number of Japanese nationals declined by 3.5% to 119.1 million in 2025, following a 1.4% drop in the 2020 count.

A new international study led by Lund University examines what happened to population levels after the Kikai-Akahoya volcanic ...

Does Population Determine Japan's Future?Japan's population is declining.The birthrate is falling, the population is aging, ...

In Japan, one of the world’s most rapidly graying societies, officials often face pressure to stem the tide of demographic ...

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi called population decline a "quietly advancing national crisis" and pledged a comprehensive strategy by year-end.