The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline, the ...

More than a quarter of Japan's population is 65 and older, at 36 million people. In about a decade, the ratio will be one in ...

Japan’s overall population stood at ... continue to plague the nation. The ratio of those under the age of 15 came to 11.8 percent while that of the working population, defined as those aged ...

UTSUNOMIYA -- The percentage of those who have no desire to get married has risen across all age groups surveyed in ... Tochigi was the ninth highest among Japan's 47 prefectures, while the ...

Female full-time workers’ pay in Japan starts below those of men in their ... according to the study. In that age group, women in “manufacturing” earned 87.0 compared with 100 for men.