The country reported a decline in births for the 10th consecutive year, but an increase in marriages.

Japan’s population is shrinking faster than ever, with nearly a million more deaths than births in 2024 – the steepest decline since records began in 1968. New figures released by the Ministry of ...

The population declined to 122.86 million, exacerbating labor shortages and economic challenges. Marriages increased slightly, while divorces decreased.

Japan's population has declined for the 15th consecutive year, according to new government statistics. Last year, Japan's "super-aged society" saw just under 730,000 births, a record low, and a record ...

People sit on a bench under an intense sun at a park in Tokyo on July 8. Japan’s total population marked its 15th straight year of decline, according to government data released Wednesday. (Eugene ...

Japan saw nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024, marking the country’s steepest single-year population decline since the government surveys began nearly six decades ago. In 2009, Japan’s ...

The Japanese government has issued another grim update as the window for preventing a demographic crisis continues to narrow. The country's population shrank by nearly 900,000 people in the year ...