{"id":172583,"date":"2025-08-07T16:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172583&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:41:24","slug":"kyushu-okinawa-population-drops-as-foreign-residents-surge","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-okinawa-population-drops-as-foreign-residents-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu-Okinawa Population Drops as Foreign Residents Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Japan\u2019s internal affairs ministry, the total population of the eight prefectures in Kyushu and Okinawa fell 0.58% year-on-year to 14.06 million as of January 1. For the first time, all eight prefectures saw population decline. However, foreign resident numbers increased 14.6% to 240,000, with all prefectures recording double-digit growth. Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Okinawa, Oita, and Miyazaki posted net population gains through migration, despite natural decreases across the region. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soumu.go.jp\/main_content\/000892926.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172590\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_momochihama-beach_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Momochihama Beach\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_momochihama-beach_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_momochihama-beach_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_momochihama-beach_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_momochihama-beach_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Japan\u2019s internal affairs ministry, the total population of the eight prefectures in Kyushu and Okinawa fell&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172583","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","location-okinawa-prefecture","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172583","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=172583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}