By 2050, Japan’s youth will inherit a transformed country, reshaped by population decline, longer lives and unprecedented ...

Japan is moving toward a 10 percent foreign population far faster than official projections, with dozens of municipalities already crossing the threshold and one village reporting that more than a ...

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 biggest demographic shifts taking place in Japan are the country’s aging population and the surge in the number of foreign residents, and there are actually a few age-related quirks involved in ...

Japan is currently grappling with a population crisis - as recent government data showed that the country has registered a decline of over half a million (531,700) people in 2023. The number of births ...

Japan’s birthrate has fallen to a new record low, marking a ninth consecutive year of decline, according to official figures released on Thursday by the health ministry. In 2024, the number of babies ...

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

Japan’s population crisis is accelerating, with the number of nationals falling by more than 800,000 in the past year – echoing similar trends seen in other East Asian countries. As of January 1 this ...

Japan's aging workforce, labor shortages, and government policies show how the country has adapted as 30% of its population ...