Hidden beneath the waters surrounding Japan’s Yonaguni island are the towering ... The jaw-dropping formations consist of a stacked pyramid-like monument, along with structures resembling ...

The number of elderly people in Japan surged by 20,000 from September 2023 to 36.25 million, accounting for a record high 29.3 percent of the population, government figures showed. The Ministry of ...

Japan faces urban population decline by 2035, with ageing societies challenging city sustainability and prompting calls for immigration reform Japan's decades-long fears over a contracting ...

This widening gap between births and deaths signals a rapidly shrinking population, which is raising serious concerns about the country’s future economic and social stability. Japan’s ageing ...

Japan’s decades-long fears over a contracting population, particularly in rural areas, where many regions are predominantly inhabited by elderly individuals, are about to worsen, with one ...