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Japan's population continues to slide even as foreign resident numbers increase

National Jul 10, 2019

Japan's population continues to slide even as foreign resident numbers increase

The number of Japanese citizens living in the country as of Jan. 1 fell by 433,239, or 0.35 percent, from a year before to 124,776,364, down for the 10th straight year, the government said Wednesday. The decline was the largest ever both in terms of ...

National / Social Issues Apr 15, 2017

Japan's population slips for sixth consecutive year but foreign residents slowing the fall

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.

Japan's population dilemma, in a single-occupancy nutshell

National / Social Issues | DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES Dec 31, 2015

Japan's population dilemma, in a single-occupancy nutshell

by Reiji Yoshida

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.

National / Social Issues Nov 11, 2014

Fearing 'extinction,' Tokyo's Toshima Ward aims to attract more women

by Tomohiro Osaki

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 ...

Population panel draws line in sand

National May 13, 2014

Population panel draws line in sand

by Reiji Yoshida

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.

National May 8, 2014

Towns, small cities likely to lose half their women by 2040: think tank

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 ...

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