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Japan population sees record five-year drop: Census
Births fell for a 10th straight year to 705,809, while only Tokyo and Okinawa posted growth as most prefectures declined.
- On Friday, census data revealed Japan's population fell to 123 million, marking the biggest decrease since 1920, with children accounting for just 10.8 per cent of the total population, the lowest on record.
- Chief cabinet secretary Minoru Kihara attributed the drop to Japan's greying demography and widening natural decrease, telling reporters this "once again confirmed the population decline in our nation is deepening."
- Tokyo grew by 1.4 per cent and Okinawa witnessed a 0.1 per cent rise, while the number of foreign residents climbed to about 3.21 million, surpassing the previous high of roughly 2.75 million.
- To address these challenges, Chief cabinet secretary Kihara pledged to "comprehensively promote various measures" and stressed the need to "correct the overconcentration in Tokyo" through decentralisation.
- The government identified the period through 2030 as a "final opportunity to reverse the trend," even as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed a tougher stance on foreign entry.
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The Independent (US)Japan’s population suffers record five-year drop as government fails to halt decline
Japan's population dropped by a record 2.5 per cent in the span of five years, census data showed Friday (May 29), as the world's fourth-largest economy struggles to overcome demographic woes.
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The population shrank by 2.5 percent in five years, to 123 million inhabitants.
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