US EditionForeign Population in Japan Hits Record High as Japanese Population Falls to Record Low
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Foreign population in Japan hits record high as Japanese population falls to record low
The face of Japanese society is rapidly changing. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications just announced the results of its annual demographic survey in Japan, and its key findings reveal some interesting insights. Firstly, it showed that, as of 1 January this year, the Japanese population stood at 120,653,227 — a sizeable decrease of 908,000 people, or 0.75 percent, from the previous year. Both the number and rate of decline were t…
Tokyo – Japan's population shrank last year by the most since records began: In 2024, the number of Japanese fell by 908,574 people to 120.6 million, according to new data from the Ministry of the Interior. This represents a decrease of 0.75 percent. At the same time, the number of foreign residents increased...
Japan was the first developed country in Asia to experience a population decline. This happened in 2008 – before the same thing started happening in South Korea, China, but also in European countries like Italy and Poland. That is why Japan is often seen as a vision of what the future could look like in Europe as well. A silent state of emergency Population decline […]
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