Tokyo, April 15, 2025 (AFP) - Record fall in Japanese nationals as population declines

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2025-04-15

The number of Japanese nationals living in the country saw a record year-on-year fall of 898,000 people to 120.3 million as of October 2024, official data showed Monday. 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 for Japanese nationals since the government began collecting comparable data in......

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