TOKYO (Reuters) – The population of Japanese people reduced at the fastest rate ever before while the variety of foreign residents increased to a record at almost 3 million individuals, federal government information revealed on Wednesday.
The information highlights that foreign nationals are playing an also larger duty in Japanese culture to offset a diminishing population.
The population of Japanese nationals succumbed to a 14th year, by regarding 800,000 individuals, to 125.41 million in 2022, according to information revealing the variety of individuals with resident enrollments sinceJan 1, 2023 that was launched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and also Communications.
For the very first time, the variety of Japanese residents dropped in all 47 prefectures, the information revealed.
Japan’s population came to a head in 2008 and also has actually decreased ever since due to its reduced birth price, which struck a record reduced in 2014.
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