Japan's Population Falls at Record Rate

A diminishing population, which Japan has faced for 15 years, poses multiple challenges for the country, including labor shortage.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's total population declined for the 15th straight year in 2023, dropping by more than a half-million people as the ...

The population of Japanese nationals fell by 861000 in 2023 from a year earlier to 121561801, marking the 15th consecutive year of decline ...

Births in Japan hit a record low of 730,000 last year. The 1.58 million deaths last year were also a record high. Japan's population was 124.9 ...

Japan's birth rate is 1.30. ... If this trend continues, South Korea's population will shrink in half by the end of the century.

Japan's population shrank for the 15th year in a row as the country continues to grapple with a chronically low birth rate, an annual report ...

The number of babies born in the country in 2023 fell to a record low, down by 5.1 percent to 758,631, according to preliminary data released by ...

Falling Birth Rates. Japan recorded 350,074 births between January and June, reflecting a nearly 6 percent decline from the previous year ...

Wednesday's new data showed deaths hit a record high of more than 1.56 million while there were just 771,000 births in Japan in 2022, the first ...

Japan's population shrank by 0.7 percent in 2023, although the net loss of 861237 included a record high inflow of 329535 foreign nationals.

This year is no exception. The number of new births fell for an eighth consecutive year in 2023, reaching a record low and representing a 5.1% ...

The population has fallen every year since peaking in 2008 due to a low birth rate, reaching a record low last year. The government aims to ...

Japan recorded 350,074 births between January and June, an almost 6 percent drop compared to last year, according to health ministry data. This ...

According to official data released on Friday, the number of Japanese nationals dropped by the biggest amount in a year since comparable records ...

The 727,277 babies born in Japan in 2023 were down 5.6 percent from the previous year, the ministry said – the lowest since Japan started ...

Demographic statistics released by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare show that in 2023 the total fertility rate, indicating the number ...

Japan's population is declining at record speed while the number of foreign nationals residing in the country has risen to a record high, ...

Birth rates hit a record low, while foreign residents increased by 11 percent, now making up nearly 3 percent of the population.

The natural change last year was the biggest on record, with a fall of 731,000 – cushioned by the influx of people entering Japan, which ...

The Japanese government data shows the country's birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023.