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Japan’s Toyama City Scandal Highlights Global Demographic Shift

World population trends | United Nations Population Fund
World population trends | United Nations Population Fund

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A police raid on Toyama city hall revealed officials had falsely added over 2,000 nonexistent residents to the latest census, a crime that could have netted the municipality roughly 60 million …

Japan’s Toyama City Scandal Highlights Global Population Decline and Aging Trends

World population trends | United Nations Population Fund
World population trends | United Nations Population Fund

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Key developments:

  • A criminal investigation has been launched after Toyama city officials allegedly added more than 2,000 fictitious residents to the national census, inflating the city’s population from 399,197 to 402,133
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