Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of ...

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and ...

The overall population of Japan fell for the fourteenth consecutive year in 2024, while the over-75 population continued to rise. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications estimated that ...

The number of people aged 75 or above grew by 700,000 to 20,777,000, accounting for a record 16.8 per cent of the entire population, the government said on Monday. About 29.3 per cent of Japan's ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Japan’s population, including non-Japanese residents, totaled 123,802,000 as of Oct. 1 last year, down by 550,000, or 0.44 percent, from a year before, falling for the ...

Tokyo [Japan], April 15 (ANI): The population of Japanese nationals stood at 120.3 million as of October 2024, down a record 8,98,000 from a year earlier, a government estimate showed Monday ...

Japan's total population declined for the 14th straight year in 2024, with the percentage of those age 65 and older hitting a record 29.3%, according to internal affairs ministry data released Monday.

Japan's population fell to 120.3 million as of October 2024, official data showed on Monday, marking a record fall of 898,000 people from the previous year. Japan's birth rate is among the lowest ...