Japanese governments have proposed policies to reverse this trend, but they have so far had little success. Thirty percent of ...

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Foreign nationals will account for nearly 11 percent of Japan’s dwindling population of 87 million in 2070, according to an estimate by the labor ministry. The nation’s overall population will ...