Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of Japanese women hold jobs than their American counterparts.

Japan's declining population in agricultural regions could be having a damaging impact on biodiversity—a trend that could ...

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years.

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

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The Japanese economy, long a model of prosperity and fiscal discipline, is going through a period of complex turbulence.

Japan recorded its largest population decrease in history last year, with a significant drop of 861,000 residents, according to official data released on Wednesday. This demographic shift ...

The spectacular story of the decline in Japan's population growth continues with that regularity in the extraordinary which has characterized the country over the past hundred years. Death rates are ...

At 1.3 births per woman, Japan’s population (currently 125 million) could fall to around 75 million by the turn of the century. Japan’s main demographic challenge is its aging society.