Japan’s population is shrinking faster than ever, with nearly a million more deaths than births in 2024 – the steepest decline since records began in 1968. New figures released by the Ministry of ...

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

Japan saw nearly one million more deaths than births in 2024 in the largest annual population decline since records began six decades ago. Latest data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ...

The world's population is still growing, yet beneath these global statistics lies a different reality for dozens of countries. While regions like sub-Saharan Africa face booming populations, several ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s precipitous population decline shows no sign of slowing, with the nation shrinking by more than 900,000 people last year – the biggest annual drop on record, according to ...

Kochi in Japan offers a 20,000 yen subsidy for dating apps as officials push matchmaking services to combat the country's population crisis.

March 12 (Asia Today) --A town in Japan has suspended plans to become a city after falling 311 residents short of the population threshold, highlighting a broader depopulation crisis that is also ...

The number of births in Japan fell to another record low, underscoring the growing challenge of how to shoulder ballooning social security costs for an aging society with what’s already become an ever ...