The number of children in Japan has dropped to another record, in a stark reminder of the demographic challenges that are weighing on Asia’s second biggest economy. The population of kids 14 ...

Ninety-two percent of Japan's population lives in urban areas, a way of living that Okada sees as unsustainable for population growth. She wants people to move out of cities and back to rural ...

AKASHI, Japan — Japanese Prime ... "I did not believe that population growth was the goal," he explains. "It was just the result of making a city an easy place to live." Izumi explains that ...

Japan's population fell to 120.3 million as of October 2024, official data showed on Monday, marking a record fall of 898,000 people from the previous year. Japan's birth rate is among the lowest ...

Japan drew up on Tuesday a basic concept for the promotion of regional revitalization, aiming to realize economic growth and maintain the functions of society even as the country's population ...

The tale of Japan's economy over the past 35 years has been about matching anaemic growth with the certainty of a declining population. But in China, the same period has been dominated by a ...

It was a radical solution for a problem that has become increasingly common in Japan, the world’s grayest society. As the country’s birthrate has plummeted and its population has grown older ...

For the fourteenth year running, Japan's population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly 900,000 — an unprecedented fall. https ...