The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan's population falls under 125 mil., 12th year of declineTOKYO - Japan's population shrank by 556,000 in 2022 from a year earlier to 124.9 million for the 12th straight year of decrease, as the number of Japanese nationals saw its largest drop on record, government data showed Wednesday.As of Oct. 1, the population, including foreign residents, stood at 124,947,000, with the number of Japanese nationals down 750,000 to 122,031,000, the largest margin of decline since comparable data were made available i…READ FULL ARTICLE
