Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

The world's population may have recently exceeded eight billion, but it's a deceptive number. Not only is growth unevenly distributed, but in so many countries, population is in decline. In some cases ...

Births in Japan fell to a record low last year, according to newly released government data, as the country faces a deepening demographic crisis. Newsweek has contacted the Japanese Foreign Ministry ...