Tokushima Prefecture population falls below 680,000, down to the same level as the Taisho era, a decrease of 2,706 people in one month

On the 30th, Tokushima Prefecture announced that its estimated population as of the 1st was 678,771, down 2,706 people from March 1st. This is below the 680,000 mark, and is the lowest since the prefecture began compiling monthly population estimates in October 1955. The population of Tokushima Prefecture was 670,212 in the first census conducted during the Taisho era (1920), and 100,000 in the second census (1925).