(FILES) People walk across the street at Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on May 4, 2026, as Japan's Golden Week holiday draws nearly 24 million domestic travellers onto the country's roads and railways alongside record numbers of foreign visitors. Japan's population dropped by a record 2.5 percent in the span of five years, census data showed on May 29, 2026, as the world's fourth-largest economy struggles to overcome demographic woes. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)