Population in Japan Keeps on Declining for 16 Years
Ministry for Internal Affairs and Communications released its demographic survey, or the Vital Survey , of Japan at the time of October 1 st , 2023. Population of Japan declined for sixteen consecutive years, while foreigners in Japan showed significant increase. It is likely that xenophobic sentiment among the Japanese is further growing as some news conservative parties promote policies excluding foreign people from Japan. The statistics were based on demographic data recorded on the Basic Resident Register, total sum of records in the cities, towns and villages all around Japan. Although Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has annual survey of Future Population Estimate, the Vital Statistics annually wraps up the basic contemporary demographic situation. The population of Japanese citizens was 120,653,227 in October 2023. It declined by 908,574 from the previous year, marking 0.75 percent of reduction. Both the number and ratio of demographic shrinking were the bigge...