Japan’s population shrank to 126.93 million last year, but the record drop in Japanese was cushioned by a record surge in foreign residents, the government says.
It's not your typical futuristic city. But if you want to see what Tokyo and the rest of Japan will soon look like, the Takashimadaira housing complex in northern Tokyo's Itabashi Ward may be the place to visit.
Fast-forward decades into the future, and Toshima Ward in Tokyo may no longer exist. Or so it was declared by a group of scholars last spring, much to the shock of ward officials, who are now scrambling to prove the prophecy wrong by setting forth ...
To prevent a crisis, Japan should try to keep its population at 100 million for the next 50 years by devoting more resources to child-rearing, a panel says.
Nearly half of Japan's municipalities are likely to see their populations young women shrink by more than half by 2040 compared with 2010 if the flight to major cities continues apace, a study by the Japan Policy Council said Thursday. The demographic prediction was made ...
