{"id":149171,"date":"2022-10-12T09:18:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T00:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=149171&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-10-14T12:28:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T03:28:05","slug":"kyushu-population-may-decline-24-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-population-may-decline-24-by-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Population May Decline by 24%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest report by Kyushu Economic Research Center predicted an acceleration in the depopulation of Kyushu, Okinawa, and Yamaguchi. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and low birth rates are two of significant factors. Among the nine prefectures, Nagasaki anticipates the sharpest decline from 1.3million to 0.8 million. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/950197281826996224?c=174761113988793844\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nagasaki Shimbun<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.data-max.co.jp\/article\/49724\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NET IB News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149160\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fnn_nagasaki-hilton-apr_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu Population May Decline 24% by 2050\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fnn_nagasaki-hilton-apr_2022_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fnn_nagasaki-hilton-apr_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fnn_nagasaki-hilton-apr_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fnn_nagasaki-hilton-apr_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report by Kyushu Economic Research Center predicted an acceleration in the depopulation of Kyushu, Okinawa, and Yamaguchi. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and low birth rates are two of significant factors&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":149168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-149171","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/149171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}