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Population decline and the future of regional areas is one of the most critical themes that should be addressed in Japan's ...

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 ...

Half of 20 large Japanese cities, each with at least over 700,000 residents, have experienced a population decline compared ...

Perhaps the most profound implication of population decline lies in how we measure societal success. For millennia, growth served as the primary metric. A larger population meant more workers, more ...

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 government data. The ...