Demographics of Japan (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Demographics of Japan" in English language version.

Last modified: 06:34:31, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

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abs-cbnnews.com (Global: 3,011^th place; English: 1,553^rd place)

"Embassy taps help of Pinoy groups in Japan". ABS-CBN News. Japan. March 12, 2011. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2011.

aljazeera.com (Global: 165^th place; English: 119^th place)

america.aljazeera.com

"Being 'hafu' in Japan: Mixed-race people face ridicule, rejection". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2017-05-01.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Dolan, Ronald E.; Worden, Robert L. (November 1, 1992). Japan : a country study. Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off. ISBN 9780844407319 – via Internet Archive.
Krugman, Paul (2009). The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008. W.W. Norton Company Limited. ISBN 978-0-393-07101-6.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

"Japan population to shrink by one-third by 2060". BBC News. January 30, 2012. Archived from the original on October 22, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Sugimoto, Yoshio (22 June 2010). An Introduction to Japanese Society. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139489478 – via Google Books.
Yusuf, Shahid; Wu, Weiping; Evenett, Simon J. (16 September 2017). Local Dynamics in an Era of Globalization: 21st Century Catalysts for Development. World Bank Publications. ISBN 9780195215977 – via Google Books.

cao.go.jp (Global: 2,899^th place; English: 9,501^st place)

www5.cao.go.jp

"Q17 少子化の動向や取組は地域別に見るとどのようなことが言えますか｜選択する未来 – 内閣府". 内閣府ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-12-14.

cdc.gov (Global: 251^st place; English: 248^th place)

"Changing Patterns of Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States" (PDF). CDC/National Center for Health Statistics. May 13, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

cia.gov (Global: 133^rd place; English: 275^th place)

"Japan". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 21 May 2025. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021.
"Median age – The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
"The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". Cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2017-04-17.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

cnn.com

Yoko Wakatsuki and James Griffiths (7 May 2018). "Number of children in Japan shrinks to new record low". CNN. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
Yeung, Jessie; Karasawa, Moeri (2023-04-13). "Japan's population drops by half a million in 2022". CNN. Archived from the original on 2023-04-13. Retrieved 2022-04-17.

edition.cnn.com

"What it means to be a mixed-race model in Japan". CNN. October 25, 2018. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022.

creativevillage.ne.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

(in Japanese) 「Uターン」「Jターン」「Iターン」とは？地方への転職のメリット・デメリット Archived 2020-07-19 at the Wayback Machine Creative Village, 2017/03/08

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Uchi, Y.; Yamashita, E.; Kami, M.; Takita, M. (March 11, 2023). "Changes in the cause of death in Japan before and during the COVID-19 pandemic". Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 111 104993. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2023.104993. PMC 10008090. PMID 36931051.
Ikeda, Nayu; Saito, Eiko; Kondo, Naoki; Inoue, Manami; Ikeda, Shunya; Satoh, Toshihiko; Wada, Koji; Stickley, Andrew; Katanoda, Kota; Mizoue, Tetsuya; Noda, Mitsuhiko; Iso, Hiroyasu; Fujino, Yoshihisa; Sobue, Tomotaka; Tsugane, Shoichiro (2011-09-17). "What has made the population of Japan healthy?". The Lancet. 378 (9796): 1094–1105. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61055-6. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 21885105.
Matsumori, Akiko (1995-01-01). "Ryûkyuan: Past, present, and future". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 16 (1–2): 19–44. doi:10.1080/01434632.1995.9994591. ISSN 0143-4632.
Wilkinson, Aoife (2020). "Forfeiting Citizenship, Forfeiting Identity? Multiethnic and Multiracial Japanese Youth in Australia and the Japanese Nationality Law". New Voices in Japanese Studies. 12: 21–43. doi:10.21159/nvjs.12.02.

e-stat.go.jp (Global: 695^th place; English: low place)

e-stat.go.jp

"人口推計国勢調査結果による補間補正人口平成22年及び27年国勢調査結果による補間補正人口 | ファイル | 統計データを探す". 政府統計の総合窓口.
"10k22-1".
"15k27-1".
"a00100".
"人口動態調査 | ファイル | 統計データを探す". E-stat.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2023-04-10. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
"Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan". e-Stat. Statistics Bureau of Japan. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
National Statistics Center. "国籍（出身地）2000年". E-stat.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
"統計表一覧政府統計の総合窓口 GL08020103". E-stat.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
"在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計） / 在留外国人統計".
"第１表国籍・地域別在留資格（在留目的）別在留外国人". E-stat.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
"統計表一覧政府統計の総合窓口" [General counter of statistical tables list government statistics] (in Japanese). 2015-04-24. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2015-12-26.

dashboard.e-stat.go.jp

"Statistic Dashboard Data search". Portal site of Official Statistics of Japan. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

economist.com (Global: 331^st place; English: 272^nd place)

"Japan's demography: The incredible shrinking country". The Economist. 25 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

eui.eu (Global: 7,888^th place; English: 5,029^th place)

cadmus.eui.eu

Atsushi, Kondo (Oct 2016). "Report on citizenship law: Japan" (PDF). Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 Feb 2024.

gsi.go.jp (Global: 1,802^nd place; English: low place)

"地形分類" (PDF). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-10-14.

hafufilm.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"About the film | Hafu". hafufilm.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-15. Retrieved 2016-09-14.

han.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Koreans in Japan: Past and Present". HAN. Archived from the original on 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2017-04-17.

hirose-asoffice.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"国籍別帰化許可者数" [Number of naturalized citizens by nationality] (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-08-27.

inquirer.net (Global: 348^th place; English: 163^rd place)

globalnation.inquirer.net

"2 Filipinos in Japan may be COVID-19 positive, says PH Embassy". April 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

ipss.go.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Population Statistics of Japan e2012". National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. January 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
"日本の将来推計人口（平成29年推計）". Social Security Research. 2. National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. April 2017. NAID 40021416334. Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
"–人口統計資料集(2004)–". Ipss.go.jp. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
"人口統計資料集2023改訂版". Ipss.go.jp. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
"–人口統計資料集(2023)改訂版–". Ipss.go.jp. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
"Population Projections by Prefecture in Japan: 2005–2035 - Outline of Results and Methods" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
"The Japanese Mortality Database". National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
"The Japanese Mortality Database: All Japan". National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.

japantimes.co.jp (Global: 407^th place; English: 286^th place)

"Japan's population declines in 2015 for first time since 1920". Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
"Japanese population falls in all 47 prefectures for first time". The Japan Times. 2023-07-26. Archived from the original on 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
Kosaka, Kristy (2009-01-27). "Half, bi or double? One family's trouble". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
Murai, Shusuke (March 11, 2016). "Japan sees record high number of foreign residents: Justice Ministry". Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018 – via Japan Times Online.

japantoday.com (Global: 4,588^th place; English: 3,242^nd place)

"Japan's population falls by record 244,000 in 2013". January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

koreatimes.co.kr (Global: 582^nd place; English: 434^th place)

"Koreas per capita porn spending highest in world". koreatimes. 2011-02-07. Archived from the original on 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-06-29.

loc.gov (Global: 63^rd place; English: 47^th place)

"Japan – Places in the News | Library of Congress". Loc.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-30.

metro.tokyo.jp (Global: 1,763^rd place; English: 7,097^th place)

kensetsu.metro.tokyo.jp

"公園の現況". Bureau of Construction Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2015-10-14.

mhlw.go.jp (Global: 1,922^nd place; English: low place)

"令和７(2025)年人口動態統計月報年計（概数）の概況｜厚生労働省". Mhlw.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-06-04.
MHLW. "Vital statistics (crude rates) by prefectures" (PDF).
"Abridged Life Tables for Japan, 1999". Mhlw.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2026-01-06. Retrieved 2025-12-14.

mofa.go.jp (Global: 1,006^th place; English: 2,483^rd place)

Hashimoto, Ryutaro (attributed). General Principles Concerning Measures for the Aging Society Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 2011-3-5.
"Annual Report of Statistics on Japanese Nationals Overseas". Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

moj.go.jp (Global: 4,197^th place; English: low place)

"平成20年末現在における外国人登録者統計について(Number of Foreign residents in Japan)". Moj.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
"令和7年末現在における在留外国人数について | 出入国在留管理庁". Moj.go.jp.
"在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計）結果の概要 | 出入国在留管理庁". Moj.go.jp.
"【在留外国人統計（旧登録外国人統計）統計表】 | 出入国在留管理庁". Moj.go.jp.
"平成２３年末現在における外国人登録者統計について法務省" [Statistics of Registered Foreigners in 2011] (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Justice. February 22, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
"法務省：帰化許可申請者数等の推移".
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-04-06. Retrieved 2024-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2024-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"概説" (PDF). Moj.go.jp. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
"令和７年末現在における在留外国人数について | 出入国在留管理庁". Moj.go.jp. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
"令和３年末現在における在留外国人数について" (PDF). Immigration Services Agency of Japan. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

nancho.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Kyoto Ijin: Nadamoto Masahisa". Nancho.net. Archived from the original on 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2017-04-17.

ndl.go.jp (Global: 83^rd place; English: 1,356^th place)

kokkai.ndl.go.jp

"衆議院会議録情報第０２３回国会法務委員会第３号". Kokkai.ndl.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2017-04-17.

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Uchi, Y.; Yamashita, E.; Kami, M.; Takita, M. (March 11, 2023). "Changes in the cause of death in Japan before and during the COVID-19 pandemic". Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 111 104993. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2023.104993. PMC 10008090. PMID 36931051.
Ikeda, Nayu; Saito, Eiko; Kondo, Naoki; Inoue, Manami; Ikeda, Shunya; Satoh, Toshihiko; Wada, Koji; Stickley, Andrew; Katanoda, Kota; Mizoue, Tetsuya; Noda, Mitsuhiko; Iso, Hiroyasu; Fujino, Yoshihisa; Sobue, Tomotaka; Tsugane, Shoichiro (2011-09-17). "What has made the population of Japan healthy?". The Lancet. 378 (9796): 1094–1105. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61055-6. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 21885105.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Uchi, Y.; Yamashita, E.; Kami, M.; Takita, M. (March 11, 2023). "Changes in the cause of death in Japan before and during the COVID-19 pandemic". Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 111 104993. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2023.104993. PMC 10008090. PMID 36931051.

nikkei.com (Global: 169^th place; English: 849^th place)

asia.nikkei.com

"Japan immigration hits record high as foreign talent fills gaps". Nikkei Asian Review. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

nippon.com (Global: 2,471^st place; English: 2,918^th place)

"Japan's Fertility Rate Drops to New Record Low". nippon.com. 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
"Japan's Population Data in 1920 and Today". nippon.com. 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
"Japan's Foreign Population Climbs to All-Time High". nippon.com. March 29, 2016. Archived from the original on February 9, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2019.

nli-research.co.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

"少子化対策をめぐる不都合な（？）真実". ニッセイ基礎研究所 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-12-14.

ourworldindata.org (Global: 2,491^st place; English: 1,740^th place)

Max Roser (2014), "Fertility Rate", Our World In Data, Gapminder Foundation, archived from the original on 2020-11-21, retrieved 2018-07-21
"Life expectancy at birth: Japan". Our World in Data.
"Life expectancy". Our World in Data. Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-28.

prb.org (Global: low place; English: 9,462^nd place)

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"Countries With the Oldest Populations in the World". PRB. Retrieved 2025-12-14.

qz.com (Global: 1,740^th place; English: 1,127^th place)

Shendruk, Amanda (2021-07-08). "Are you even trying to stop racism if you don't collect data on race?". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-04.

rethinktokyo.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Adriana (27 March 2019). "New immigration rules to stir up Japan's regional rentals scene — if they work". REthink Tokyo – Real Estate Information for Buyers and Investors. REthink Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

"Japan PM Kishida: it's 'now or never' to stop shrinking population". Reuters. 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2024-12-17.

sakura.ne.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

matsutoh-gyosei.sakura.ne.jp

"帰化許可者数の推移". Matsutoh-gyosei.sakura.ne.jp. 8 June 2024.

sciencedirect.com (Global: 137^th place; English: 146^th place)

Ikeda, Nayu; Saito, Eiko; Kondo, Naoki; Inoue, Manami; Ikeda, Shunya; Satoh, Toshihiko; Wada, Koji; Stickley, Andrew; Katanoda, Kota; Mizoue, Tetsuya; Noda, Mitsuhiko; Iso, Hiroyasu; Fujino, Yoshihisa; Sobue, Tomotaka; Tsugane, Shoichiro (2011-09-17). "What has made the population of Japan healthy?". The Lancet. 378 (9796): 1094–1105. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61055-6. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 21885105.

stat.go.jp (Global: 3,555^th place; English: 8,063^rd place)

"Statistics Bureau Home Page/Population Estimates Monthly Report". Stat.go.jp. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
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statista.com (Global: 1,214^th place; English: 1,277^th place)

"Japan – population density 2022". Statista. Retrieved 2025-07-21.

thearda.com (Global: 4,035^th place; English: 3,210^th place)

"Religions in Japan | Arda". Thearda.com. Retrieved 26 September 2025.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Richard Smart. "Japan's population declines for first time since 1920s – official census | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
Blair, Gavin (2023-07-26). "Japan's population drops by nearly 800,000 with falls in every prefecture for the first time". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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thenowinstitute.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Madrid Now". The Now Institute – Urban research, planning and speculations. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-10-14.

tokyoweekender.com (Global: low place; English: 9,279^th place)

"The Japanese Porn Industry: 5 Things We Learned at Japan Adult Expo". Tokyo Weekender. 2018-02-16. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-06-29.

ufl.edu (Global: 880^th place; English: 578^th place)

online.aging.ufl.edu

"How an Inverted Population Pyramid Affects Society » Online Graduate Programs in Innovative Aging Studies » College of Medicine » University of Florida". Retrieved 2025-12-14.

un.org (Global: 117^th place; English: 160^th place)

unstats.un.org

"UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
"United Nations Statistics Division – Demographic and Social Statistics". Unstats.un.org. Archived from the original on 2016-12-27. Retrieved 2017-04-17.

un.org

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population.un.org

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web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Statistics Bureau Home Page/Population Estimates Monthly Report". Stat.go.jp. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
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