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 faces record-low births in 2025 as Tokyo loses title of world’s most populous city, deepening demographic crisis ...

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 ...

The total number of births in Japan this year is expected to come in below 670,000—far fewer than the official forecasts put forth by the country’s National Institute of Population and Social Security ...

The population of Japanese nationals fell by a record amount -- more than 900,000 people -- in 2024, official data showed, as the country battles to reverse its low ...

In 2026, Japan’s fragmented Diet will have less room to govern as economic pressures, demographic decline and regional uncertainties sharpen policy trade-offs ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...