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29 maggio 2026 | 03.32
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Japan's Population Drops by Record 3.09 M.: 2025 Census
Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's total population, including foreign residents, fell by a record 3,096,575 in the past five years, a national census survey conducted last year showed Friday. Japan's population as of Oct. 1, 2025, stood at 123,049,524, the internal
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Japan's population fell by a record 3.1 million over five years, reaching 123 million as of October 2025, with the decline rate accelerating from 0.7% to 2.5% — the sharpest drop since the census began in 1920. For tech leaders, the data signals a structural compression of the domestic workforce that will intensify competition for engineering talent, accelerate automation investment, and pressure enterprise software vendors reliant on Japan's large-enterprise market.
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