{
  "id": 572159,
  "title": "Over 1,400 cities in Japan see foreign population rise, total populations drop in new statistics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/over-1-400-cities-in-japan-see-foreign-population-rise-total",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T13:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SoraNews24",
    "slug": "soranews24",
    "url": "https://soranews24.com/2026/08/11/over-1400-cities-in-japan-see-foreign-population-rise-total-populations-drop-in-new-statistics/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japan’s foreign population is growing in both size and proportion, ministry study shows. Japan’s population has been shrinking since 2010, but in recent years the country has seen a significant growth in its number of foreign residents. Showing just how starkly the sizes of Japan’s natural-born and foreign demographics are moving in opposite directions, newly […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}