Record Population Drop in Japan

Japan's population fell to 120.3 million as of October 2024, official data showed on Monday, marking a record fall of 898,000 people from the previous year.

- Agence France-Presse

TOKYO: Japan's birth rate is among the lowest in the world, a trend which has meant having a shrinking workforce, fewer consumers and businesses fighting to recruit workers.

It was the largest fall on record since the government began collecting comparable data in 1950, according to the internal affairs ministry.