It is one of the more vivid markers of a demographic emergency that Japan's own prime minister has called the country's biggest problem ...

Station projects in Nagoya and Fukuoka have stalled, showing the risks of using large developments to reverse regional ...

Japan population decline 2024: Japan's population suffered a dramatic blow in 2024, decreasing by over 900,000 individuals, which is the largest decline the country has experienced since the survey ...

Japan's demographic crisis isn't about anime, dating apps, or young people refusing to grow up. It's about an economic system ...

Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, ...

The number of babies born in Japan fell for the 10th straight year to a new record low of 671,236 in 2025, according to preliminary data released by the health ministry on June 3.

TOKYO – The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday.

Something unusual is happening across large swaths of the world. Maternity wards are quieter than they’ve ever been. Villages ...

Japan is experiencing historically high numbers of foreigners. Its population is shrinking, and its workforce is ageing, driving foreign labour to historic levels. In addition, the number of ...