Japan, the world’s fourth-largest economy, faces mounting debt with a government debt-to-GDP ratio near 260% and rising ...

Can it continue to be a power like that if the population keeps declining? Taro Kono: Nope. In part, Japan's declining demographics owes to a spike in the success of women in the workforce.

The country's population shrank by nearly 900,000 ... Former Health Minister Keizo Takemi described Japan's demographic outlook as "critical," warning the country only has until the 2030s to ...

While the country's overall population has been declining ... told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia," that to Japan's demographic crisis but had so far done little to mitigate it. "We have a society ...

Japan’s economy was nearly $6 trillion. Today, it has shrunk to around $4.2 trillion—dragged down by an aging population, ...

Despite rollbacks in the United States, Japan’s unique structural challenges demand increased corporate diversity at the top.

Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years. 2025 marks the tipping point when the rising costs outstrip the country's ...