Japan's declining population in agricultural regions could be having a damaging impact on biodiversity—a trend that could ...

Japan must stop being overly optimistic about how quickly its population is going to shrink, economists have warned, as ...

Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the nation's population has been in decline for 15 years. Last year ...

According to government data released in early May, the number of newborns in Japan is declining faster than predicted, and their number ...

The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899. The government data ...

Japanese 2024 births dipped below 700,000 for the first time, according to government data released Wednesday. Births dropped ...

Adding foreigners to the total, Japan's population stood at 123.8 million, down 550,000 year on year. The figure marks the 14th consecutive decline and the steepest since authorities began keeping ...

Not only is growth unevenly distributed, but in so many countries, population is in decline. In some cases, steep, deep decline. Maybe most graphically (and demographically) there's Japan ...

Japan's demographic crisis intensified on Wednesday as government data revealed a historic drop in the number of births last ...

Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years.