As Japan’s Population Shrinks, a City Is Accused of Padding Census Numbers
The police are probing how some 3,000 non-existent residents were added to official data for Toyama.
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- 2026-10-06 04:01 UTCNYT · nytimes.com ↗
- 2026-10-06 04:50 UTCStraits Times · straitstimes.com ↗
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