The world's fourth-largest economy also faces the twin threats of a steady decline in marriages and a rising proportion of elderly people. Nearly 30 percent of Japanese citizens are now 65 or older.

TOKYO -- Japan's defense budget will rise to nearly 2% of the economy this fiscal year, but the government is likely to face pressure from the Trump administration to expand spending further ...

Japan will increase its defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2027 and plans to spend around $70 billion on defense in the current fiscal year, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani ...

Projections from the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest that Japan's population will continue to decline, potentially decreasing by 15% to approximately 105.1 million by 2050.

The CommBank Household Spending Insights (HSI) Index rose 0.9 per cent in March, buoyed by a lift in recreation and hospitality spending off the back of Melbourne Grand Prix and the return of the ...

Nearly two fifths (37%) of UK adults said they were trying to reduce their outgoings in March in anticipation of rising household bills, contributing to a 2.9% decline in essential spending (in ...

Japan's natural population change has marked ... but it has not been able to effectively deal with population decline, which is advancing at a pace faster than it had anticipated.

TOKYO, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Japan's defense-related budget for fiscal 2025 is expected to total about 9.9 trillion yen (about 70 billion U.S. dollars), equivalent to 1.8 percent of gross domestic ...

The total population in Japan, including foreign residents, also fell 550,000 to 123.8 million as of Oct 1 last year, marking the 14th consecutive year of decline, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ...

Tokyo, April 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan will decide whether to compile a fiscal 2025 supplementary budget to address persisting inflation and additional U.S. tariffs, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...