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Kishida issues urgent warning on Japan’s shrinking population, saying it poses serious societal risk | South China Morning Post

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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on January 23, 2023, that the country must take urgent steps to address the country’s shrinking population. Plagued by low birth rates and a rapidly ageing society, Japan’s population has been in continuous decline for 14 years. Kishida’s pledge came after his government app…

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