Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of ...

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and ...

Both the elderly population and the aging rate were the highest since 1950, when such data became available. The number of women 65 and over was 20.53 million, or 32.3 percent of Japan’s female ...

Yet despite these long-standing issues, inflation in Japan remains stubbornly high — and surprisingly, rice prices are ...

Japan's total population, including foreign residents, amounted to 123.802 million as of October 1, 2024, data from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed Monday.

Japan faces a demographic shift. Adult diaper sales exceed baby diaper sales. Oji Holdings stops making baby diapers in Japan ...

ANKARA – Japan's already dwindling population has posted its largest annual decline on record, falling by 898,000 people as of last October compared to a year earlier, Tokyo-based Kyodo News reported ...

Japan’s population has been falling year on year since 2011 after peaking in 2008. As the number of older citizens grew, the younger population declined, exacerbating the country’s aging society.

The overall population of Japan fell for the fourteenth consecutive year in 2024, while the over-75 population continued to rise. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications estimated that ...

The number of people aged 75 or above grew by 700,000 to 20,777,000, accounting for a record 16.8 per cent of the entire population, the government said on Monday. About 29.3 per cent of Japan's ...

The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future “caregiver” for Japan’s rapidly ageing population and chronic shortage of aged-care workers.

Japan's crude imports are in structural decline. The country is increasingly dependent on Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according ...