In a survey conducted by Japan Productivity Center and the Junior Executive Council of Japan, about half of the respondents said they would go home even if their co-workers or their boss was working overtime. The 1,882 respondents are new employees and they are challenging the “work-first” culture.

As of January 1, the population decreased 308,084 people (excluding foreign residents). This is a new record since the survey started in 1968. The population is also getting older. The people with an age of 65 or older now counts for 27.17 percent of the population. Children (14 and younger) is now only 12.69 percent of the population. Read more at The Japan Times.