The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Japan’s total population in 2020 was 126,227,000, a decrease of 868,000, or 0.7 percent, over the 2015 census. Tokyo’s population was ...
In a troubling reflection of Japan's aging population crisis, an 81-year-old woman named Akiyo resorted to theft to secure a ...
A recent incident in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture has brought attention to the increasing number of bear encounters in ...
Akiyo deliberately committed crimes to secure a place in prison, where she could live for free after being abandoned by her ...
The hike in Japan's foreign workers comes as the country grapples with a labour shortage fuelled by an ageing population. Government data from last year found that there are 9.46 million employees in ...