Japanese Population Drops Most Since World War II After Quake
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Japan’s population dropped in 2011 for a fifth year, falling by the most since World War II, after a record earthquake and tsunami killed thousands, according to the health ministry.
The country’s population fell by 204,000 to 126.24 million people last year, the biggest decline since at least 1947, the earliest year for which government data is available, the ministry said in a statement yesterday.