Japan's declining population in agricultural regions could be having a damaging impact on biodiversity—a trend that could ...

Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the nation's population has been in decline for 15 years. Last year ...

Japan must stop being overly optimistic about how quickly its population is going to shrink, economists have warned, as ...

The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899. The government data ...

Japanese 2024 births dipped below 700,000 for the first time, according to government data released Wednesday. Births dropped ...

Japan's population decline is accelerating much faster than predicted by the government. The nation cannot afford to ignore ...

Adding foreigners to the total, Japan's population stood at 123.8 million, down 550,000 year on year. The figure marks the 14th consecutive decline and the steepest since authorities began keeping ...

Record-low births and an ageing population are driving Japan to implement urgent measures to encourage marriage and boost ...

Not only is growth unevenly distributed, but in so many countries, population is in decline. In some cases, steep, deep decline. Maybe most graphically (and demographically) there's Japan ...

The total fertility rate, the average number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime, dropped by 0.05 points ...