{"id":31039,"date":"2026-05-29T06:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/31039\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T06:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:50:07","slug":"japan-population-crisis-deepens-with-record-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/31039\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan population crisis deepens with record decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s population fell by a record 2.5 percent over a five-year period, according to census data released on Friday, as the world\u2019s fourth-largest economy continues to grapple with serious demographic challenges, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20260529-japan-population-sees-record-five-year-drop-census\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AFP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary count from Japan\u2019s national census, which is conducted every five years, showed that the population declined to 123 million people in 2025. This figure represents a drop of more than three million compared to the last survey carried out in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The decrease was the largest since the survey began in 1920, and it was more than three times greater than the decline recorded between 2015 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe data once again confirmed the population decline in our nation is deepening,\u201d top government spokesman Minoru Kihara told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/search?search=japan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japan<\/a> is known for having one of the world\u2019s lowest birth rates, alongside a rapidly ageing population.<\/p>\n<p>While increased immigration is often discussed as a possible solution to Japan\u2019s shrinking population, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is instead advocating for stricter policies regarding the inflow of foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>Official statistics also showed that the number of births in Japan declined for the tenth consecutive year in 2025, with a total of 705,809 babies born.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, central and local government authorities have attempted\u2014though with limited success\u2014to encourage marriage and childbirth. These efforts have included initiatives such as launching dating apps, increasing child-rearing allowances, and subsidising parental leave.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/nijat-babayev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Nijat Babayev<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s population fell by a record 2.5 percent over a five-year period, according to census data released on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[72,24039,8,13410],"class_list":["post-31039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-asia","tag-census","tag-japan","tag-population-decline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}