National Jan 31, 2022
Tokyo loses population for first time in 26 years amid pandemic
The population of the capital has dropped by about 48,600 people to just under 14 million, the first decline since 1996.
National Jan 28, 2022
Net population influx into Tokyo hits lowest point in 2021 amid pandemic
The number of people moving into Tokyo in 2021 totaled 420,167, down 12,763 from the previous year, while the number of those leaving the capital totaled 414,734, up 12,929.
World Jan 21, 2022
The plans for the world’s next largest city are incomplete
by Sarika Bansal
Delhi’s new draft Master Plan for 2041 envisions a megacity with tall buildings, affordable housing and ample green space, but inequity, corruption and shortsightedness complicate matters.
Editorials Jan 21, 2022
China's declining birth rate looks almost impossible to reverse, a trajectory with profound implications for its economic and social prospects.
Asia Pacific Jan 17, 2022
Beijing scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit to try to avoid the economic risks from a rapidly aging population.
Commentary / World Dec 29, 2021
America would be much happier with more people
by Tyler Cowen
Even measured in absolute terms, the increase in U.S. population growth was smaller than during the confluence of World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic.
Asia Pacific Nov 12, 2021
China’s population may already be falling as births slow further
There will be between 9.5 million to 10.5 million newborn babies this year, independent demographer He Yafu has said.
Commentary / World Oct 20, 2021
America’s superstar cities aren’t what they used to be
by Justin Fox
The 10 biggest U.S. cities, while large and growing, now account for less than 7.9% of the country’s population.
Commentary / World Aug 6, 2021
China’s demographic manipulation
by Yi Fuxian
Officially, China’s demographic situation was nothing to be alarmed about. But less than a month after the census was released, Beijing suspiciously loosened the family-planning rules.
National Aug 5, 2021
Japan's population drops by record number to 126.65 million amid pandemic
As of Jan. 1. the number of people in the country had dropped by 483,789, or 0.38%, from the previous year.
National / Politics Jun 27, 2021
Population shift in Japan forces redrawing of electoral map, worrying powerful LDP figures
by Eric Johnston
The plan to add representatives in urban areas at the expense of rural districts could hurt LDP heavyweights from Shinzo Abe to Toshihiro Nikai.
Commentary / World Jun 7, 2021
China’s three-child policy won’t help
by Nancy Qian
But a below-replacement fertility rate is only one part of China’s demographic problem. A second issue is the sheer size of its older population.