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 ...

During the period, Japan became one of the world's most rapidly aging societies. Its population also began to shrink in 2010. The number of babies born in the country last year was almost 30 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Wakayama City – the prefecture's biggest city and home to about 40% of its total population — is about an hour and 15 minutes from Osaka. The area has been described both as Japan's spiritual ...