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

Ninety-two percent of Japan's population lives in urban areas, a way of living that Okada sees as unsustainable for population growth. She wants people to move out of cities and back to rural ...

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Unless productivity rises, Japan may become weaker as a nation if the population shrinks. Policies to maintain economic growth in the face of a declining population will need to be implemented ...

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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 number of children in Japan has dropped to another record, in a stark reminder of the demographic challenges that are weighing on Asia’s second biggest economy. The population of kids 14 ...

Meanwhile, another reason for population growth is the need for well remunerated labor. Of all towns and villages in Japan, the ski resort village of Akaigawa in Hokkaido had the highest rate of ...

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 ...

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