Tsubame report (March 2024) For the 10th year, Japan's births fell in 2025. There were 706,000 births and 1.6 million deaths. Not counting migration, that means Japan lost nearly 900,000 people last year. This is very worrying for Japan. The population is predicted to drop a lot over the next few years. That means there will be less people working, less people paying taxes, more people taking pensions, businesses will have less customers and schools and universities will h