Japan posts record decline in population

Record ID: 1969477

  • Title: Japan posts record decline in population
  • Date: 14th April 2025
  • Summary: Japan posts record decline in population ***FILE FOOTAGE*** SHOTLIST: TOKYO, JAPAN (SEPTEMBER 26, 2022) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS IN STREETS (TWO SHOTS) 2. PEOPLE WALKING ON PAVEMENT 3. ELDERLY PEOPLE DOING TAI CHI 4. GOVERNMENT BUILDING 5. WOMEN WALKING AT SQUARE 6. PEOPLE SITTING AT RESTAURANT TOKYO, JAPAN (JULY 31, 2022) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 7. CROWD WAITING ON PAVEMENT TO CROSS ROAD 8. TIGHT SHOT OF MAN HOLDING SMARTPHONES, LOOKING AT THEM 9. TIGHT SHOT OF POLICE OFFICERS TALKING 10. PEOPLE WAITING ON PAVEMENT 11. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CROSSING ROAD 12. OFFICERS AND PEOPLE WALKING ON PAVEMENT 13. TIGHT SHOT OF YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING UP UMBRELLA 14. TIGHT SHOTS OF PEOPLE WALKING ON PAVEMENT (TWO SHOTS) TOKYO, JAPAN (FEBRUARY 27, 2022) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) (FILE FOOTAGE) 15. VARIOUS OF STREET WITH SHOPS AND PEOPLE TOKYO, JAPAN (MARCH 20, 2022) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) (FILE FOOTAGE) 16. VARIOUS OF SUBWAY STATION WITH PEOPLE TOKYO, JAPAN (JAN. 10, 2022) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) (FILE FOOTAGE) 17. PEOPLE OUTSIDE ENTRANCE TO MEIJI SHRINE 18. TIGHT SHOT OF YOUNG WOMEN WEARING KIMONOS POSING FOR PHOTO 19. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE HEADING TO MEIJI SHRINE 20. PEOPLE IN FRONT OF MEIJI SHRINE (TWO SHOTS) 21. SIGNS OVER GATE 22. PEOPLE IN FRONT OF SHRINE 23. PEOPLE WEARING TRADITIONAL CLOTHES WALKING TO SHRINE (TWO SHOTS) SCRIPT Japan's already dwindling population has posted its largest annual decline on record, falling by 898,000 people as of last October compared to a year earlier, Tokyo-based Kyodo News reported Monday. This marks the 14th consecutive year of population decline in the country, according to a government estimate. The previous record drop was 861,000, reported in July 2024. Japan’s total population, including foreign residents, stood at 120.3 million, underscoring the country's intensifying demographic crisis amid a rapidly aging society and declining birthrate. The figures, released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, show that only Tokyo and neighboring Saitama prefecture registered population increases. This is the largest demographic drop since 1968. In response to the demographic crisis, the Japanese parliament passed a law in June 2024 aimed at reversing the falling birthrate. Measures under the law include expanded child allowances and enhanced parental leave benefits. Officials have warned that the period leading up to 2030 represents a critical window to address the trend. Late marriages, financial insecurity, and limited support for working parents are commonly cited as contributing factors. Japan's total fertility rate -- the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime -- fell to its lowest level in 2023 since records began in 1947.
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