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Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the ...

Japan’s estimated child population has shrunk for the 44th straight year to a record low, government data showed Sunday, as the country grapples with a demographic crisis underscored by falling birth ...

Japan’s new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, has made quite a start. She’s sparked a major spat with China over Taiwan; told us that, like her idol Margaret Thatcher, she apparently gets by on minimal ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s precipitous population decline shows no sign of slowing, with the nation shrinking by more than 900,000 people last year – the biggest annual drop on record, according to ...