You can get in touch with Micah by emailing [email protected]. Japan's population has dwindled for 15 consecutive years, as fewer people marry and have children. About 30 percent of ...

The number of elderly people in Japan surged by 20,000 from September 2023 to 36.25 million, accounting for a record high 29.3 percent of the population, government figures showed. The Ministry of ...

Japan’s Sompo Holdings, Inc. is using artificial intelligence to help alleviate a critical shortage of workers needed to care ...

Japan’s decades-long fears over a contracting population, particularly in rural areas, where many regions are predominantly inhabited by elderly individuals, are about to worsen, with one ...

The top five countries of foreign nationals living in Japan have remained unchanged for over the past decade, but will likely ...

A Japanese diaper maker will produce diapers exclusively for older adults amid a steep decline in demand for infant diapers, an ill-boding reminder of Japan’s aging population. Oji Holdings ...

This widening gap between births and deaths signals a rapidly shrinking population, which is raising serious concerns about the country’s future economic and social stability. Japan’s ageing ...

1 in Educated population Japan, one of the world’s most literate and technically advanced nations, is an East Asian country made up of four main islands. While most of Japan is covered by ...

Japan's fertility rate is shrinking and so is its population. For some children that means the simple pleasure of playing team sports with classmates can no longer be taken for granted.

The resident population of seven towns and villages in east Japan's Fukushima Prefecture that were temporarily evacuated in f ...