Foreign nationals will account for nearly 11 percent of Japan’s dwindling population of 87 million in 2070, according to an estimate by the labor ministry. The nation’s overall population will ...

The year-on-year decline underscores Japan’s long-standing issues of a rapidly ageing and shrinking population, which has serious fallout for the country’s economy and national security.

You can get in touch with Micah by emailing m.mccartney@newsweek.com. Japan's population has dwindled for 15 consecutive years, as fewer people marry and have children. About 30 percent of ...

Japan's elderly population hit a record-high of 36.25 million in 2024, the same year that its birth rate reached a record low. Residents of Japan also have one of the longest life expectancies in ...

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Deaths were more than double the number of births, rising 1.8 percent from 2023 to 1.62m Japan's overall population this month hit 123.54 million, down 0.46 percent from a year ago. AFP Births in ...