Japan Digest · 2023/05/23
1. G7 Summit Begins Today The leaders of the G7 nations, EU, India, Australia, Korea, Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam, Union of Comoros and Cook Islands gathered in Hiroshima of Japan yesterday for this year’s G7 Summit that Japan hosts . PM Kishida held a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, UK PM Rishi Sunak and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni on May 18. The summit meeting starts today by working lunch to talk about digital economy, trade, Ukraine followed by working dinner to discuss on...
Japan Digest · 2023/05/23
1. Japan’s Dire Prospect Of Population Declination National Institute of Population and Security Research of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor announced on April 26 its estimate of Japan’s future population trends. A comparison of demography was made between 2020 and 2070 as follows: 2020 2070 Total population 126.2 million 87.0 million Age 0 to 14 15.0 (11.9%) 8.0 (9.2%) 15 to 64 75.1 (59.5%) 45.4 (52.1%) 65 and up 36.0 (28.6%) 33.7 (38.7%) (Foreigners 2.5 ( 2.2%) 9.4 (10.8%) Birth...
Japan Digest · 2023/04/23
1. Japan’s Population Continues To Decline Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced on April 12 that Japan’s population as of October 1 last year declined by 556,000 from a year ago to 124,947,000. It is the straight 12th year of declination The share of senior people (65 years old and above) is 29%, which is the highest ever, while that of juniors (14 years old and below) is 11.6%, which is the lowest ever. All the 47 prefectures except for Tokyo, recognized a decrease of...
