Japan records 15-year low population

Marking another chapter in the curious case of Japan's population, newly released government figures have revealed the country's numbers fell for the fourth straight year. The decline of 215,000 people between October 2013 and 2014 - which is 0.17 per cent - has brought the population down to 127.083 million, its lowest point in 15 years. Japan is witnessing an unprecedented aging of its population, and official projections foresee a further fall of 40 million by 2060.