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KANTO, KEIHANSHIN and TOKAI are three largest metropolitan areas which have about 2/3 of total population of Japan. Out of 47 prefectures, 13 are red and 34 are green. The population of Japan has been decreasing since 2011. Only 8 prefectures had increased its population compared to 2010, due to internal migration to large cities.
Japan is the world's fastest aging country and has the highest proportion of elderly citizens of any country, comprising one-third of its total population; [234] this is the result of a post–World War II baby boom, which was followed by an increase in life expectancy and a decrease in birth rates. [235]
This was in addition to previous aid packages to Ukraine, making the total defence aid given in 2021 worth US$650 million. [349] The U.S. also announced plans to transfer Mil Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine, which had been previously flown by the Afghan Air Force; [350] the first helicopters were supplied on 20 February 2022. [351]
G7 nations to announce more sanctions on Russia during their summit in Hiroshima
Japan hopes the conference will help build support for Ukraine as the war drags on after two years, at a time when attention has been diverted to the situation in Gaza.
In 2014, Japan's population was estimated to be 127 million. This figure is expected to shrink to 107 million (by 16%) by 2040 and to 97 million (by 24%) by 2050 if this current demographic trend continues. [7] A 2020 global analysis found that Japan was one of 23 countries that could see a total population decline of 50% or more by 2100. [8]
Even before the war, Ukraine's population was shrinking. At independence in 1991, Ukraine had about 52 million people. A census in 2001 - the country's only so far - recorded a population of 48.5 ...
Figures here are according to the official estimates of Japan as of October 1, 2011, [3] except for the census population held on October 1, 2010. [4] Population is given according to the de jure population concept for enumerating the people.