How Japan's Fukushima disaster may exacerbate population woes

How Japan's Fukushima disaster may exacerbate population woes

How Japan's Fukushima disaster may exacerbate population woes
Local Japanese News In English

This week Japan announced that its population has fallen for the second year in a row, which - along with a shrinking workforce - will pose huge challenges for its economy and society. While these trends were set before the triad of disasters began with the March 11 earthquake, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster may exacerbate them. The population fell by 122,679 to 126,230,625 people in the year to March 31, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The number of deaths last year numbered 1,212,094, while births totaled 1,065,909. (csmonitor.com)
Source: News On Japan