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Japan's population drops below 125 mln, down for 12th year

STORY: Japan's population drops below 125 mln, down for 12th yearDATELINE: April 14, 2023LENGTH: 00:00:53LOCATION: TokyoCATEGORY: SOCIETYSHOTLIST:1. various of street scenes in Japan2. various of Japanese peopleSTORYLINE:The population in Japan declined to 124.95 million in 2022, marking the 12th consecutive year of decline, government data showed Wednesday. As of Oct. 1 last year, the total population, including foreign residents, saw a decrease of 556,000, or 0.44 percent from the previous year, according to the latest population estimates released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The number of Japanese nationals, which came in at 122 million, plunged by 750,000, the decline of which has been expanding since 2011, the ministry said in an online report. The figure represented the largest comparable decline since comparable data became available in 1950, Kyodo News reported. The government will address the country's falling birthrate "with the highest priorit

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Tuktamisheva wins gold at Skate Canada

MISSISSAUGA, Canada - Elizaveta Tuktamisheva of Russia, 14, performs her free skate routine at Skate Canada, the second event of this season's Grand Prix series, in Mississauga, Canada, on Oct. 29, 2011. She won the gold medal in the women's competition.

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British minister pictured dumping official documents

LONDON, Britain - Photos of British Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin are printed in the Oct. 14, 2011, issue of The Daily Mirror. The British tabloid reported that he dumped official documents in a waste bin in a park in London.

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IAEA team in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, head of a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011, after submitting an interim report to the Japanese government on the decontamination of radiation-tainted areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The team was in Japan to provide advice on the decontamination work.

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Japanese Finance Minister Azumi in Paris

PARIS, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks at a press conference in Paris on Oct. 14, 2011. Azumi was in Paris for a two-day meeting of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies and held brief talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner prior to the meeting.

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Ex-UNHCR Representative in Japan Takizawa

NAGANO, Japan - Saburo Takizawa, a former representative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' office in Japan, speaks at a civic group's meeting on assisting refugees held Oct. 14, 2011, in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.

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Uchimura wins 3rd straight all-around world title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kohei Uchimura (L) holds the gold medal after becoming the first gymnast in history to win three consecutive men's all-around titles at the gymnastics world championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. On the right is Japan's Koji Yamamuro, who got bronze.

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Uchimura wins 3rd straight all-around world title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs on the pommel horse at the gymnastics world championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. He became the first gymnast in history to win three consecutive men's all-around titles at the gymnastics world championships.

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Japan Foreign Minister Gemba in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa (2nd from R) meet in Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2011. The foreign ministers agreed on the need to create a multilateral framework to help resolve maritime conflicts in the South China Sea.

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World champion Uchimura's vault performance

TOKYO, Japan - Integrated image shows Japanese world champion Kohei Uchimura's vault performance at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. Uchimura won his third consecutive all-around title at the championships, the first person to do so.

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World champion Uchimura's high bar performance

TOKYO, Japan - Integrated image shows Japanese world champion Kohei Uchimura performing on the high bar at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. Uchimura won his third consecutive all-around title at the championships, the first person to do so.

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Uchimura wins 3rd straight all-around world title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs on the high bar at the gymnastics world championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. He became the first gymnast in history to win three consecutive men's all-around titles at the gymnastics world championships.

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Edano tours 'Japan booth' at China trade fair

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano (R, facing) tours a Japanese exhibition at the China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou, southern China, on Oct. 14, 2011, to rally support for reconstruction of post-disaster Japan.

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Uchimura wins 3rd straight all-around world title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs in the floor exercise at the gymnastics world championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. He became the first gymnast in history to win three consecutive men's all-around titles at the gymnastics world championships.

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Kyushu Electric managers to stay on

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 14, 2011. The utility announced a three-month, 100-percent salary cut for Manabe and Chairman Shingo Matsuo over a scandal involving the company manipulating public opinion in favor of restarting reactors at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture. The two top executives will remain in their posts.

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Japanese trade minister Edano in China

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (L) and Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming shake hands prior to their talks in Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, southern China, on Oct. 14, 2011.

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Ozawa attends political funds trial

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa leaves the Tokyo District Court after attending the second hearing of his trial on a charge of violating the political funds control law on Oct. 14, 2011. Ozawa appeared in court just four days after being discharged from hospital.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A customer in a mask resembling the late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs waits for the iPhone 4S launch in front of an Apple store in Tokyo's Ginza district on Oct. 14, 2011. Softbank Mobile Corp. and KDDI Corp. began selling the new version of the Apple smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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Noda at day-care facility for children

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) holds babies while visiting a day-care facility for children in Yokohama on Oct. 14, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan Foreign Minister Gemba in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands in Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2011. Gemba assured the ASEAN head of Japan's commitment to the success of the East Asia Summit in Bali in November. The summit will bring together the leaders of ASEAN members and major countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea.

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Japanese trade minister Edano meets Chinese Premier Wen

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hold talks in Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, southern China, on Oct. 14, 2011. The meeting was the first between a Chinese leader and a member of the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who took office in September.

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Radioactive bottles removed from Tokyo house

TOKYO, Japan - Drums containing bottles with radioactive substances are loaded into a vehicle beside a house (L) in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. Several dozen bottles deemed to be the source of high levels of radiation detected in the area were found under the floor of the house by government officials. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is almost certain the powder inside the bottles is radium, easing public anxiety that the radiation could have been related to the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant over 200 kilometers away.

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Japan Foreign Minister Gemba in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) meet in Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2011. Gemba assured the ASEAN head of Japan's commitment to the success of the East Asia Summit in Bali in November. The summit will bring together the leaders of ASEAN members and major countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea.

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Suzuki sends notice of breach to Volkswagen

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhito Harayama, executive vice president of Suzuki Motor Corp., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. The automaker said it sent a notice to Volkswagen claiming the latter breached their framework agreement by not giving the Japanese automaker access to technologies that it was promised under their 2009 alliance.

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Japanese trade minister Edano meets Chinese Premier Wen

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands prior to their talks in Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, southern China, on Oct. 14, 2011. The meeting was the first between a Chinese leader and a member of the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who took office in September.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Flowers are laid outside an Apple Inc. store in Tokyo's Ginza district on Oct. 14, 2011, to mourn the recent death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, as the iPhone 4S was launched the same day in Japan.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A customer tries out an iPhone 4S sample in an ''au'' store, run by KDDI Corp., in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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Olympus dismisses Woodford as president

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, chairman and president of Olympus Corp., attends a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. He said the company dismissed Michael Woodford as president over management discord and appointed himself, who had been chairman, to double as president, effective the same day.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chief executive officer of Softbank Mobile Corp., attends a ceremony marking the launch of the iPhone 4S at one of the company's outlets in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. Softbank and KDDI Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Confetti fills the air during the countdown for the iPhone 4S launch at a Softbank Mobile Corp. outlet in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. Softbank and KDDI Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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Japanese rock singer, guitarist Yanagi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in June 1998 shows Japanese rock singer and guitarist George Yanagi. He died of kidney failure on Oct. 10, 2011, his family said Oct. 14. He was 63.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows off her just-purchased iPhone 4S at a Softbank Mobile Corp. store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. Softbank and KDDI Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tanaka, president of KDDI Corp., attends a ceremony marking the launch of the iPhone 4S at one of the company's outlets in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Customers await the opening of the Apple Store Shinsaibashi in Osaka, western Japan, at 7:44 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2011, to buy the new iPhone 4S smartphone model. More than 300 people had lined up before the store opened at 8 a.m.

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Kitaro room at spa resort inn

YONAGO, Japan - Operator of an inn at the Kaike spa resort in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2011, shows reporters a guest room featuring characters from the ghost comic series ''GeGeGe no Kitaro.'' The Kaike Saichoraku inn plans to open two such rooms on Oct. 14 in cooperation with the production office of the comic's creator Shigeru Mizuki, who hails from the western Japanese prefecture.

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Apple's iPhone 4S

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2011, at an Apple store in Tokyo's Ginza district shows Apple Inc.'s new smartphone model iPhone 4S. Japanese telecommunication carriers KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile Corp., which will sell the iPhone 4S in Japan from Oct. 14, 2011, are expected to announce their price and rate plans as soon as Oct. 6. Participation by KDDI in iPhone sales would intensify competition in the smartphone market in Japan.

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Shosoin repository at Todaiji temple

NARA, Japan - Officials of the Imperial Household Agency and other messengers attend the annual ritual to open the doors of the treasure house in Shosoin repository at Todaiji temple in the city of Nara on Oct. 4, 2011. Treasures including the artifacts that belonged to Emperor Shomu in the Nara Period will be examined and cleaned by the time of a ceremony to close the doors on Dec. 1. Sixty-three items from the repository will be displayed at the 63rd annual exhibition to be held from Oct. 29 to Nov. 14 at Nara National Museum.

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SCE to release PlayStation Vita in December

TOKYO, Japan - Personnel including Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Andrew House (2nd from L) hold SCE's video game console PlayStation Vita in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, a division of SCE, announced the same day that it plans to release PlayStation Vita in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011, with preorders starting on Oct. 15, 2011.

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Mitsubishi Motors' mini electric vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko (front L) and Yamato Transport Co. President Makoto Kigawa shake hands beside the automaker's mini electric vehicle for commercial use during a ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010. Mitsubishi said it will release the vehicle for 2 million yen or less per unit by the end of 2011.

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Japan's 1st female Chief Cabinet Secretary Moriyama dies

Photo taken in January 2011 shows Mayumi Moriyama, Japan's first female chief Cabinet secretary. She died on Oct. 14, 2021, at the age of 93, the House of Representatives said.

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Nuclear watchdog head speaks to reporters in Fukushima

Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks to reporters in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 23, 2015, following a nine-day swing of visits to 14 municipalities in the northeastern Japanese prefecture ravaged by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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British minister pictured dumping official documents

LONDON, Britain - Photos of British Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin are printed in the Oct. 14, 2011, issue of The Daily Mirror. The British tabloid reported that he dumped official documents in a waste bin in a park in London. (Kyodo)

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World champion Uchimura's vault performance

TOKYO, Japan - Integrated image shows Japanese world champion Kohei Uchimura's vault performance at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. Uchimura won his third consecutive all-around title at the championships, the first person to do so. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Finance Minister Azumi in Paris

PARIS, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks at a press conference in Paris on Oct. 14, 2011. Azumi was in Paris for a two-day meeting of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies and held brief talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner prior to the meeting. (Kyodo)

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World champion Uchimura's high bar performance

TOKYO, Japan - Integrated image shows Japanese world champion Kohei Uchimura performing on the high bar at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. Uchimura won his third consecutive all-around title at the championships, the first person to do so. (Kyodo)

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IAEA team in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, head of a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011, after submitting an interim report to the Japanese government on the decontamination of radiation-tainted areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The team was in Japan to provide advice on the decontamination work. (Kyodo)

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Uchimura wins 3rd straight all-around world title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kohei Uchimura (L) holds the gold medal after becoming the first gymnast in history to win three consecutive men's all-around titles at the gymnastics world championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. On the right is Japan's Koji Yamamuro, who got bronze. (Kyodo)

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Edano tours 'Japan booth' at China trade fair

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano (R, facing) tours a Japanese exhibition at the China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou, southern China, on Oct. 14, 2011, to rally support for reconstruction of post-disaster Japan. (Kyodo)

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Uchimura wins 3rd straight all-around world title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs on the pommel horse at the gymnastics world championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. He became the first gymnast in history to win three consecutive men's all-around titles at the gymnastics world championships. (Kyodo)

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Japanese trade minister Edano meets Chinese Premier Wen

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands prior to their talks in Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, southern China, on Oct. 14, 2011. The meeting was the first between a Chinese leader and a member of the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who took office in September. (Kyodo)