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Hi Blog. Debito.org Reader JK offers the following links and commentary about two important subjects: 1) The unwillingness of Japan’s media to count NJ as “residents” in official population tallies (despite NJ inclusion on the juumin kihon daichou Resident Registry since 2012<\/a>), and 2) the widespread misogyny in Japan’s policymaking arenas that\u00a0has no recourse but to appeal to pressure from the outside world (gaiatsu<\/em>) for assistance (as NJ minorities clearly also must do).<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking to the first\u00a0point in particular (since it is more within Debito.org’s purview): \u00a0Before we even touch upon\u00a0the lousy demographic science<\/a>, how insulting for NJ once again to simply “not count” as part of Japan’s population.<\/p>\n

Some J-articles have minced words by qualifying the ethnically-cleansed statistic\u00a0as “the population of Japanese people” (nihonjin no jinkou<\/em>). \u00a0But others (see the Nikkei below) simply render it as “Japan’s population” (nihon no jinkou<\/em>). \u00a0When they eventually get around to mentioning that NJ are also here, they render them as “nihon ni taizai suru gaikokujin<\/em>” (NJ “staying” in Japan, as opposed to zaijuu<\/em> “residing”). \u00a0How\u00a0immensely arrogant and unappreciative of all that NJ residents do for Japan! \u00a0Dr. ARUDOU, Debito<\/p>\n

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JK: \u00a0Hi Debito. \u00a0Passing along some links regarding Japan’s ongoing population decline. \u00a0I’ll comment afterwards.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Population drops for fifth year as migration to cities continues<\/strong>
\n Yomiuri Shinbun, June 25, 2014<\/strong>
\n http:\/\/the-japan-news.com\/news\/article\/0001380919<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jiji Press: \u00a0Japan\u2019s population on Jan. 1 of this year was down 0.19 percent from a year before at 126,434,964, falling for the fifth straight year, the internal affairs ministry said Wednesday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The figure was calculated based on Japan\u2019s resident registry network system and does not include foreign residents.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

While the number of births in 2013 edged up 955 from the previous year to 1,030,388, the number of deaths reached a record high of 1,267,838.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As a result, the natural population decline, or the number by which deaths exceed births, stood at 237,450, the highest on record. Japan\u2019s population marked a natural decline for the seventh consecutive year.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The number of foreign residents in Japan stood at 2,003,384 as of Jan. 1 this year, down 0.12 percent from a year earlier. Since July 2012, the resident registry network system has also handled foreign resident registration.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The population in Japan including foreign residents came to 128,438,348.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Of the total Japanese population, people aged under 15 accounted for 13.04 percent, down 0.09 percentage point, while the productive-age population, or people aged 15-64, was 61.98 percent, down 0.49 point.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The proportion of people aged 65 or over rose 0.58 point to 24.98 percent, reflecting the aging of the society.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Japanese population in the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya and Kansai increased 44,276 to a record high of 64,394,619, demonstrating a tendency of the population concentrate in big cities, especially Tokyo.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Of Japan\u2019s 47 prefectures, 39 saw their populations decline. The drop was especially steep in Akita, at 1.23 percent, Aomori, at 1.02 percent, and Yamagata, at 0.96 percent.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fukushima Prefecture, home to Tokyo Electric Power Co.\u2019s crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, saw its population fall at a slower pace of 0.72 percent. An official from the internal affairs ministry said the slowdown suggests that the impact of the nuclear accident has softened.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eight prefectures experienced population growth, including Tokyo, at 0.53 percent, Okinawa, at 0.42 percent, and Aichi, at 0.16 percent.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan saw a 0.06 percent increase apparently due to a rise in the number of people moving to the prefecture to take part in reconstruction work following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The average number of members per household for the whole of Japan stood at a record low of 2.30. The average was the lowest in Tokyo, at 1.97.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n