China has been the biggest source of tourists to the Japanese archipelago, with almost 7.5 million visitors in the first nine ...

TOKYO: A record number of tourists flocked to Japan last year, the transport ministry said Tuesday (Jan 20), despite a steep ...

Tourists to Japan from China dropped 45% in December from the year earlier but the total number of inbound visitors hit a record high for the month, the Japanese minister for tourism said on Tuesday.

Measured another way, the birth rate in 2025 — 5.63 per 1,000 people — is the lowest on record since 1949, the year that Mao ...

China faces a shrinking population and record-low birth rates, challenging economic growth and straining pensions and ...

The population of the world’s second most populous country dropped by 3.39 million in 2025 to 1.405 billion, a faster decline ...

The National Bureau of Statistics reported a birth rate of 5.63 per 1,000 people in 2025, down from 6.39 in 2023, marking the ...

China’s population has fallen for a fourth consecutive year, hitting its lowest birthrate since 1949 despite government ...

The statistics illustrate the stark demographic pressures the country faces. The number of new babies born was just 7.92 ...

China’s population shrank for a fourth consecutive year, underscoring the demographic challenges facing the world’s ...