World News

836 readers

1 users here now

Rules:
Be a decent person, don't post hate.

Other Great Communities:

Rules

Be excellent to each other

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au

Japan sees record drop in population (dw.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/world@quokk.au

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

How do Japan's population figures stack up?

The fall — the 13th consecutive non-foreign population slide — was the largest since the government began collecting comparable data in 1950, according to the Interior Ministry.

Including foreign nationals, the population also fell by 550,000 people to 123.8 million — the 14th straight annual fall.

Only two prefectures, Tokyo and neighboring Saitama, had population increases with numbers falling in the country's remaining 45 prefectures.

Akita prefecture, in the northern part of Honshu island, showed the most marked decline.

Japan's population peaked in 2008, and since then it has steadily shrunk because of a declining birthrate.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

From the words of someone who lived there: first comes work, then the car, then family. And this is for married men.

The culture is crazy. I would love to visit but not anymore.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

From what I gather Japan is one of those places that is lovely to visit, but absolute hell to live in.