Elon Musk warns Japan could lose nearly a million people in 2025 due to low birth rates and ageing, calling AI the “only hope” to reverse the decline. Critics accused him of using the crisis to promote AI. Here's all you need to know.

Elon Musk predicts THIS country will lose 1 million people in 2025, claims 'AI is the only hope,' netizens slam his 'ad'

As Japan recently celebrated “Respect for the Aged Day,” new government data has cast a spotlight on a pressing national issue: the aging population. With the number of citizens aged 65 and over reaching a staggering 36.

Japan confronts labor shortages as elderly population reaches record high

Japan is facing a novel housing problem - too many houses and not enough people. As per reports, as the ageing nation struggles with the ever-declining population, the number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to an all-time high of nine million.

Another fallout of Japan's ageing population - Akiya houses - and it's not looking good

In Japan, the number of babies born fell for the eighth straight year, falling to a record low last year. As per preliminary government data released on Tuesday, the number of births fell by more than 50 per cent.

'Critical situation': Japan's number of births fell to record low in 2023, marriages down by 5.9%

What's in a name? For a small town in Japan, a lot. The shrinking town of Kainan in Japan's Wakayama prefecture is offering people with a particular surname millions of Yen to relocate there.

This Japan town will pay you a million Yen to live there...on one condition

Japan is ageing. Recent data by the Japanese government has revealed that for the first time, more than 10 per cent or one in 10 people have crossed the age of 80 years or older.