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With a falling birth rate and a large share of its inhabitants reaching old age, Japan's total population is expected to continue declining, a trend that has been seen since 2010. Japanese is a major language of the Japonic language family spoken by Japanese people , which is separated into several dialects with the Tokyo dialect considered ...
Japan's population declined in all of its 47 prefectures for the first time in a record drop, while its number of foreign residents hit a new high, reaching almost 3 million people, according to ...
These trends resulted in the decline of Japan's population after reaching a peak of 128.1 million in October 2008. [6] 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]
“Even if all of a sudden Japanese married couples started having three children on average … the population would continue to decline. The number of births would, for a while, still continue ...
Japan’s population crisis is accelerating, with the number of nationals falling by more than 800,000 in the past year – echoing similar trends seen in other East Asian countries.
Population decline can impact the funding for programs for retirees if the ratio of working age population to the retired population declines. For example, in Japan, there were 5.8 workers for every retiree in 1990 vs 2.3 in 2017 and a projected 1.4 in 2050. [ 10 ]
Atsushi Katsuki, CEO of Japanese brewer Asahi, credits Japan’s declining population with his push to expand his company to new markets like Europe. The company bought the Italian beer brand ...
As a growing number of younger Japanese are not marrying or remaining childless, [238] [239] Japan's population is expected to drop to around 88 million by 2065. [234] The changes in demographic structure have created several social issues, particularly a decline in the workforce population and an increase in the cost of social security ...