Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/tldr
Pre-Order a copy of our magazine Too Long: https://toolong.news/cta
So in this video, we’ll explain the data on Japan’s declining population; how successive governments have tried to fix it; and how it interacts with the recent hard-right surge we saw at the Japanese elections last month.
📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/
💡 Got a Topic Suggestion? – https://forms.gle/mahEFmsW1yGTNEYXA
Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought.
TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that’s not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can’t wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks!
Sources:
Japan’s Population Crisis & ‘2025 Problem’
https://youtu.be/nmdujC0MUKA?si=v0TmcjfAoKEZDdHf
https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2024/11/20/this-is-the-year-japan-will-really-start-to-feel-its-age
https://youtu.be/BUT7dStRQGg?si=P5DPL3PCQJTwNhlk
News Articles
https://on.ft.com/4m4GbFr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74dnzr4jdvo
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/07/asia/japan-biggest-population-decline-record-intl-hnk
Japanese Government Data
https://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_news/s-news/01gyosei02_02000389.html
https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/930004452.pdf
https://www.factcheckcenter.jp/fact-check/politics/false-chinese-welfare-double-claim/
Government Policies
2024: https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/48230
2023: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14921360
2015: https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/japan-targets-boosting-birth-rate-to-increase-growth-idUSKCN0T1139/
Other Demographic Data
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02350/
Sanseito
https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-behind-the-rise-of-the-japanese-first-far-right/a-73367700
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250722-maga-style-anti-globalist-politics-arrives-in-japan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly80nnjnv5o
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15951473
