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Japanese Population Sees Record Drop In 2024, Down By 9 Lakh
The population of Japanese nationals fell by a record amount -- more than 900,000 people -- in 2024, official data showed, as the country battles to reverse its perennially low birth rates.
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Love Motel Converted To Funeral Home In Japan Amid Population Crisis: "Metaphor Of Decline"
Reactions poured in from social media users who described the building as a metaphor for Japan's demographic crisis.
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Lonely Japanese Elderly Commits Crimes To Stay In Prison For Free
Akiyo was lodged in Tochigi Women's Prison, Japan's largest women's prison, located north of Tokyo.
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Japan's Elderly Population Living Alone To Jump 47% By 2050: Research
The number of senior citizens living alone in Japan will likely jump 47% by 2050, a government-affiliated research institute said on Friday, underscoring the heavy burden the country's demographic change will exert on its social security system.
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Japan Population Down By Largest Margin In 2023, Births At Record Low
The number of babies born in Japan in the year 2023 fell to a record low from a year earlier as the country's population shrank by its largest ever margin, government data showed, according to a report by Kyodo News.
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Japan Village, Battling Demographic Crisis, Celebrates Birth Of Baby In Over 20 Years
In 2022, less than 800,000 babies were born in Japan and the indigenous population shrank by over half a million.
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Over 10 Per Cent Of Japanese People Are Now Aged 80 Or Above: Government
More than 10 percent of Japanese people have crossed 80 years or older for the first time, new official data showed, as the nation faces a rapidly greying population.
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Japan Sees Highest Record Drop In Population
Japan's population fell by a record in 2022, government data showed Wednesday, as the country struggles to reverse its perennial low birthrates.
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Japan's Fumio Kishida Orders $26 Billion To Be Set Aside For Childcare
Japan's government will set aside $26 billion for new child care measures, slightly more than earlier estimated, in a move likely to add more debt to the industrial world's heaviest public debt burden.
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Hikikomori: 5 Points On Phenomenon That Has Left 1.5 Million Japanese In Isolation
A recent survey has revealed that 1.5 million working-age people in Japan are living as recluses. A fifth of them cited COVID-19 as the main reason for their withdrawal in the government survey, known as hikikomori.
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Japan's Fumio Kishida Pledges Aid In "Last Chance" To Boost Birthrate
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday pledged to boost child allowances and paid parental leave as he warned the country faced its "last chance" to tackle a declining population.
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"Japan Will Disappear": 5 Points On Country's Population Crisis
The falling birth rate in Japan prompted Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's advisor to issue a dire warning. Masako Mori said the country will "disappear" if the fall in birth rate is not arrested.
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Japan's Fumio Kishida Says Tackling Low Birth Rate Crisis "Cannot Wait"
Japan's low birth rate and ageing population pose an urgent risk to society, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday, pledging to address the issue by establishing a new government agency.
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"Now Or Never": Japan To Set Up New Agency To Tackle Falling Birth Rate
Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to take urgent steps to tackle the country's declining birth rate, saying it was "now or never" for the world's oldest society. "Our
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Japan Census: Population Fell Nearly 1 Million In 2010-15
Japan's latest census confirmed the hard reality long ago signaled by shuttered shops and abandoned villages across the country: the population is shrinking.
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Japanese Population Sees Record Drop In 2024, Down By 9 Lakh
The population of Japanese nationals fell by a record amount -- more than 900,000 people -- in 2024, official data showed, as the country battles to reverse its perennially low birth rates.
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Love Motel Converted To Funeral Home In Japan Amid Population Crisis: "Metaphor Of Decline"
Reactions poured in from social media users who described the building as a metaphor for Japan's demographic crisis.
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Lonely Japanese Elderly Commits Crimes To Stay In Prison For Free
Akiyo was lodged in Tochigi Women's Prison, Japan's largest women's prison, located north of Tokyo.
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Japan's Elderly Population Living Alone To Jump 47% By 2050: Research
The number of senior citizens living alone in Japan will likely jump 47% by 2050, a government-affiliated research institute said on Friday, underscoring the heavy burden the country's demographic change will exert on its social security system.
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Japan Population Down By Largest Margin In 2023, Births At Record Low
The number of babies born in Japan in the year 2023 fell to a record low from a year earlier as the country's population shrank by its largest ever margin, government data showed, according to a report by Kyodo News.
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Japan Village, Battling Demographic Crisis, Celebrates Birth Of Baby In Over 20 Years
In 2022, less than 800,000 babies were born in Japan and the indigenous population shrank by over half a million.
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Over 10 Per Cent Of Japanese People Are Now Aged 80 Or Above: Government
More than 10 percent of Japanese people have crossed 80 years or older for the first time, new official data showed, as the nation faces a rapidly greying population.
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Japan Sees Highest Record Drop In Population
Japan's population fell by a record in 2022, government data showed Wednesday, as the country struggles to reverse its perennial low birthrates.
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Japan's Fumio Kishida Orders $26 Billion To Be Set Aside For Childcare
Japan's government will set aside $26 billion for new child care measures, slightly more than earlier estimated, in a move likely to add more debt to the industrial world's heaviest public debt burden.
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Hikikomori: 5 Points On Phenomenon That Has Left 1.5 Million Japanese In Isolation
A recent survey has revealed that 1.5 million working-age people in Japan are living as recluses. A fifth of them cited COVID-19 as the main reason for their withdrawal in the government survey, known as hikikomori.
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Japan's Fumio Kishida Pledges Aid In "Last Chance" To Boost Birthrate
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday pledged to boost child allowances and paid parental leave as he warned the country faced its "last chance" to tackle a declining population.
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"Japan Will Disappear": 5 Points On Country's Population Crisis
The falling birth rate in Japan prompted Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's advisor to issue a dire warning. Masako Mori said the country will "disappear" if the fall in birth rate is not arrested.
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Japan's Fumio Kishida Says Tackling Low Birth Rate Crisis "Cannot Wait"
Japan's low birth rate and ageing population pose an urgent risk to society, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday, pledging to address the issue by establishing a new government agency.
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"Now Or Never": Japan To Set Up New Agency To Tackle Falling Birth Rate
Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to take urgent steps to tackle the country's declining birth rate, saying it was "now or never" for the world's oldest society. "Our
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Japan Census: Population Fell Nearly 1 Million In 2010-15
Japan's latest census confirmed the hard reality long ago signaled by shuttered shops and abandoned villages across the country: the population is shrinking.
