Okinawa was the only prefecture to record a population increase. Even Tokyo suffered a population drop, its first in 26 years. An internal affairs ministry official who oversaw the population ...

The population stood at 13,988,129 as of Jan. 1, 2022, down 48,592 from the same day the previous year, metropolitan officials said on Jan. 31. The last time that Tokyo reported a decrease in ...

Beginning this month, the city government of Tokyo is offering its employees a four-day workweek, hoping to increase the population and create a healthier work-life balance in a country notorious for ...

This bustling city with a population of 37 million across the ... of the latest livability indexes speak for themselves. In 2022, Tokyo ranked second on Global Finance Magazine’s Best Cities ...

Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something new: a four-day workweek. Starting in April, the Tokyo Metropolitan government ...