Japan faces a severe population decline, with over 900,000 deaths in 2024 and a record low birth rate of 686,061. Prime Minister Ishiba has called for family-friendly policies amid rising economic pressures that deter young families from having children.

Japan saw nearly one million more deaths than births in 2024 in the largest annual population decline since records began six decades ago. Latest data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed only 686,

Japan saw nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024, marking the country’s steepest single-year population decline since the government surveys began nearly six decades ago. In 2009, Japan’s population peaked at around 126.