Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of Japanese women hold jobs than their American counterparts.

The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday.. The ...

Japan broke a record for tourism in 2024, with people from all over the world visiting the island nation. But the country has even bigger tourist goals for the years ahead.

Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.

Japan had a vibrant economy. Then it fell into a slump for 30 years. : Planet Money Last month, Japan's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in 17 years. That is a really big deal ...

Japan has not declared a national emergency over a purported explosion of cancer cases, a health ministry official told Reuters, adding that mRNA vaccines do not cause cancer.