In late February 2016, Japan's census bureau announced that the country's population has experienced a net decline, with more people dying than being born, for the first time since the state started keeping these records in 1920. 
Mwishoni mwa Februari 2016, Mamlaka ya Takwimu ya nchini Japan ilitangaza kuwa idadi ya watu nchini humo imepungua kwa kiasi kikubwa, huku ididi kubwa ya watu wakipoteza maisha kuliko wanaozaliwa, hali inayojitokeza kwa mara ya kwanza tangu 1920, mwaka ambao nchi hii ilianza kuweka kumbukumbu hizi