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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35666274

Japan population shrinks by one million census confirms

New census figures in Japan show the population has shrunk by nearly one
million in the past five years, in the first decline registered since 1920.

日本自1920年首見人口數減少，普查顯示人口數過去五年減少近百萬。

As of October last year the country has 127.1 million people, 0.7% fewer than
in the last census.

去年(2015)十月的普查結果為1億2710萬人，較上次普查少了百分之0.7。

Demographers have long predicted a drop, citing Japan's falling birth rate
and a lack of immigration.

學者早已預言此結果，原因包含出生率下降以及缺乏移入人口。

The rapidly ageing population has contributed to a stagnating economy and
worries of increasing health costs.

人口迅速高齡化已經造成經濟成長停滯以及醫療支出增長。

Sharp drop-offs

陡峭的斜坡

Japan now has 947,000 fewer people than when the last census was conducted in
2010, figures released by the internal affairs ministry show.

據日本內閣總務省的報告，日本如今較2010年少了94萬7千人。

Only eight prefectures, including the capital Tokyo, saw a population
increase, national broadcaster NHK. reported.

國營電視台NHK指出，包含首都東京，只有8個州維持人口成長。

The remaining 39 all saw declines, including Fukushima which saw the largest
drop of 115,000 people.

其餘39個州都顯示了負成長，其中跌幅最大的是福島縣，減少了11萬5千人。

Fukushima, site of the doomed nuclear power station, was hit especially badly
by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

2011年的311東日本大地震及其引發的海嘯，為核電廠所坐落的福島縣帶來了重大災害。



Japan has seen population growth for much of the past century, but this has
been slowing rapidly in recent decades. The last census showed the population
had completely stopped growing.

日本過去一直維持人口成長，但在近數十年急速趨緩，最新的調查則顯示完全停滯。

Friday's numbers mark the first time a decline has been recorded in the
census.

周五公布的數字是人口普查首見的負成長。

Researchers are predicting a sharp drop-off in the working population and a
simultaneous rise in the number of elderly in coming decades.

研究人員預測未來數十年勞動人口將會急遽下滑，同時老年人口會急遽升高。

According to government projections, by 2060 about 40% of its citizens will
be sixty-five or older, and the general population will be one-third smaller
than it is now.


1.4 children to 1.8 children per woman, including improving childcare and tax
incentives. Advanced economies usually require a rate of at least 2.1 for a
stable population.

首相安倍晉三已將提升生育視為優先事項，目標由目前每位婦女生產1.4名嬰兒升至1.8，
具體政策包含育幼以及稅賦減免。已開發經濟體通常至少需要2.1以維持人口數穩定。

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所以日本政府不打算積極引進外來人口嗎@@

如果台灣沒有越南情緣之類的 不知道現在是正成長還是負的

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