Japan’s population contracts at fastest rate since at least 1947
By Julian Ryall in Tokyo
Daily Telegraph
The population shrank by 204,000 in 2011 to a total of 126.24 million, according to the health ministry, the sharpest decline since comparable figures were first compiled in 1947.
Of the total, nearly 20,000 were victims of the magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami that struck the north-east of Japan 10 months ago. According to the most recent figures, 15,844 people have been confirmed as dead in the disaster, with 3,451 still listed as missing.
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