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 ...

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 ...

Deaths in Japan outnumbered births by 900,000 last year, the largest population fall on record. The country’s population is down to 120 million, having declined for 16 consecutive years. Nearly 30% of ...

Japan is moving toward a 10 percent foreign population far faster than official projections, with dozens of municipalities ...

Calling Japan a global ‘Depopulation Vanguard Country’, researchers expect depopulation and biodiversity losses to spread across East Asia and Europe Japan’s declining population in agricultural ...

Japan’s housing market now includes millions of empty homes, which represent roughly 14 percent of all residential properties ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 30% of Japan's population is 65 or older, and many still work.Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images Japan has adapted to ...