Japan's total population declined for the 14th straight year in 2024, with the percentage of those age 65 and older hitting a record 29.3%, according to internal affairs ministry data released Monday.

Japan’s foreign population was 3,768,977 as of the end of 2024, according to figures released by the Immigration Services Agency, rising by 357,985, or 10.5%, year on year. This is the third ...

Currently, the population is organically levelling out to a more sustainable level. Plus Japanese youth dont want to work in agriculture...observation based on travel here over a few ... Every day ...

The population of Japan is shrinking at an alarming ... What Happened: The number of Japanese citizens decreased by over 861,000 to 121.6 million in the year leading up to Jan. 1, marking the ...

Both the elderly population and the aging rate were the highest since 1950, when such data became available. The number of women 65 and over was 20.53 million, or 32.3 percent of Japan’s female ...

During the period, Japan became one of the world's most rapidly aging societies. Its population also began to shrink in 2010. The number of babies born in the country last year was almost 30 ...