Japan Population Decline

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  Japan's Birth Rate Declines, Sees Record Drop In Population In 2024

  Japan's population fell to 120.3 million as of October 2024, official data showed on Monday, marking a record fall of 898,000 people from the previous year.

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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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  In Rising Trend, Influencers Are Buying And Renovating Abandoned Houses In Japan

  These neglected properties can be purchased in Tokyo for a fraction of the cost of homes in other major cities worldwide.

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  Japan Grapples With 9 Million Empty Homes, More Than The Population Of New York

  Previously seen mainly in rural areas, abandoned houses or "akiya" are now spreading to major cities like Tokyo and Kyoto.

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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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  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 Population Crisis Deepens As Birth Rate Hits Record Low

  Japan's birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly.

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  Amid Population Decline, Japanese City Turns To ChatGPT To Help Run The Government

  ChatGPT has been making headlines since its debut. It has been used to complete assignments, write wedding vows and even compose rousing sermons for pastors and rabbis. Now, a Japanese city is also turning to the AI chatbot.

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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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  "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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  Elon Musk Says Tesla Bot Can Solve Labour Shortage, But Has No Timeline

  In many countries population growth is declining - Japan and China being at the forefront, the growth of the population has slowed down.

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  Anger Over Japan Deputy PM's "Those Who Didn't Give Birth" Remark: Report

  Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso has come under fire for blaming childless women for the country's declining population, the media reported on Tuesday.

• Female Population on Fall in Japan, No Measures to Control

  Based on the alarming data from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, The Japan Policy Council estimated that in 2040, 896 municipalities, or 49.8 per cent of overall municipalities, would see their populations of women in their 20s and 30s decline by more than half from levels in 2010.

• Japan population clock shows 'extinction' in 1000 years

  Japanese researchers on Friday unveiled a population clock that showed the nation's people could theoretically become extinct in 1000 years because of declining birth rates.