Japan's population has shrunk for the 14th year in a row, with senior citizens accounting for the largest portion on record.

Background Japan’s ‘Health Japan 21’ initiative targets a reduction in adult smoking prevalence to 12% by 2032. This study ...

Japan's total population, including foreign residents, amounted to 123.802 million as of Oct. 1, 2024, data from Japan's ...

More prefectures will introduce an allowance in April to alleviate the burden of utility costs for employees working from home, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday. Twelve of the 47 prefectures ...

More than 20 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, including the densely populated metropolises of Tokyo and Osaka, would be directly affected by such a quake. The heaviest death toll, according to the new ...

Up to 298,000 people in Japan could die in a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough, a revised estimate by the government's ...

Among Japan's 47 prefectures, 45 experienced population declines, with only Tokyo and Saitama showing increases. The number of people aged 75 and over rose by 700,000 to 20.777 million ...