In Japan the inaka is shrinking, but the cities are shrinking too. In 2021 every single prefecture except Okinawa saw net population loss: https://www.nippon.co

In Japan the inaka is shrinking, but the cities are shrinking too. In 2021 every single prefecture except Okinawa saw net population loss: https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01310/ https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01310/ Here are the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research's latest projections: https://www.ipss.go.jp/pp-shicyoson/e/shicyoson18/t-page.asp https://www.ipss.go.jp/pp-shicyoson/e/shicyoson18/t-page.asp Virtually all municipalities in Japan, large or small, are already shrinking or will go into negative growth by 2025-2030. These 2018 projections predate COVID though, which has sped up the decline. And yes, there are a few exceptions, but they're mostly things like ski area Niseko, which boomed on foreign tourism investment, and a few towns in Fukushima that grew because people were evacuated from the reactor zone.