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CENSUS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2016
Japan census report shows surge in elderly population, many living alone
The number of elderly people is on the uptick, even as the size of the average family shrinks, government numbers indicate.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2016
Census fails to identify whether 13,000 foreign kids are in school
A question about the education status of children in the 2010 census was left blank for about 13,000 foreign children, according to Kyodo News analysis of the data.
EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2016
Crunching the census numbers
The latest census confirms that the population is on the decline, and the government needs to get cracking on ways to keep the nation viable in the decades to come.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 26, 2016
Census confirms population shrinkage, vote-value disparities
The 2015 census is the first to confirm Japan is shrinking, but it also shows why the value of people's votes is being warped nationwide.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2016
2015 census saw populations fall in disaster-hit Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate prefectures
The populations of three northeastern prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami logged declines in the 2015 national census, preliminary results of the survey conducted every five years showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 27, 2015
Japan's farming crisis worsens as one in five workers abandoned roots in past five years
The number of workers in farming and forestry falls 19.8 percent over five years to 2.09 million this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2015
19 million households reply to online census amid criticism over handling of personal data
The response to the first national census allowing people across the country to answer online exceeds expectations while also raising fresh worries over sloppy handling of information.

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