Some 1.09 million people — 560,000 men and 530,000 women — reached adulthood as of Jan. 1, according to government data.

Japan population decline 2024: Japan's population suffered a dramatic blow in 2024, decreasing by over 900,000 individuals, which is the largest decline the country has experienced since the survey ...

Japan is moving toward a 10 percent foreign population far faster than official projections, with dozens of municipalities ...

Parents hold their children before the start of their "crying baby sumo" match at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo on April 26, 2025. - Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images Japan’s estimated child population has ...

Japan’s population is shrinking faster than ever, with nearly a million more deaths than births in 2024 – the steepest decline since records began in 1968. New figures released by the Ministry of ...

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 ...

Calling Japan a global ‘Depopulation Vanguard Country’, researchers expect depopulation and biodiversity losses to spread across East Asia and Europe Japan’s declining population in agricultural ...

TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s population of 128 million will shrink by one-third and seniors will account for 40 percent of people by 2060, placing a greater burden on a smaller working-age population to ...

Japan’s housing market now includes millions of empty homes, which represent roughly 14 percent of all residential properties ...