Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Familiar alarm bells sounded in Japan this month as year-end population figures and new projections combined to paint an ...

Japan's population has declined for the 15th consecutive year, according to new government statistics. Last year, Japan's "super-aged society" saw just under 730,000 births, a record low, and a record ...

Explore Japan's demographic crisis: declining population, low birthrates, and the impact on its economy. Understand the challenges and potential solutions for Japan's future. White House calls new ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's population declined in all of its 47 prefectures for the first time in a record drop, while its number of foreign residents hit a new high, reaching almost 3 million people, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children play in a nursery school in Koga city, Fukuoka prefecture on April 16, 2020. - Toshiro Kubo/he Yomiuri Shimbun/AP/File ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s population crisis is accelerating, with the number of nationals falling by more than 800,000 in the past year – echoing similar trends seen in other East Asian countries. As of ...

Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic ...