A 2023 revision predicted a further decline in fertility with only slight increases in life expectancy and net migration to alleviate it. Japan is in a very severe national crisis and while the impact of this crisis in cities is temporarily mitigated by their economic wealth, metropolitan areas such as Tokyo are projected to share the economic and infrastructural strains of the countryside, with the aging rate of Tokyo predicted to eclipse the national average by 2050.
fredag 8. august 2025
Japan’s Forgotten Countryside: Demographic Crisis and Revival Strategies
What happens when a nation famed for its cultural richness and close-knit communities begins to decay–not from war or famine, but from a demographic implosion? For Japan, this is not a hypothetical question but a stark reality. In 2017, The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research predicted that in the next 50 years, Japan’s population would decline by 30%.
