Tokyo – In 1989, Japan seemed to be an unstoppable economic superpower. Its companies were overtaking competitors and gobbling up American icons like Rockefeller Center. But inside the country, the …
The number of centenarians in Japan stood at 95,119 as of Sunday, hitting a record high for the 54th year in a row, the health ministry said Tuesday. The figure, …
The number of Self-Defense Forces personnel hired in fiscal 2023 totaled 9,959, only 51% of the Defense Ministry’s target, the ministry announced Monday. The share of SDF personnel recruited fell …
The government reported Monday that the sweeping trends of the country’s population decline and excess concentration of population in Tokyo have not changed over the past decade. The report was …
Japan’s birth rate — the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime — hit a new record low of 1.20 in 2023, health ministry data …
Emerging markets such as India and Indonesia, whose populations are growing at a solid pace, stand to benefit as demographics begin to play a bigger role in investment decisions, according …
Roughly 30% of the populations in the cities of Wajima and Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, have yet to return to their hometowns following the substantial damage caused by the Noto Peninsula …
By Jessie Yeung | CNN Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by …
There is a need to reduce Canada’s immigration levels as the country faces what National Bank of Canada economists are calling a “population trap,” where the country is finding it difficult …
By Mike Schneider | Associated Press The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 …