        National Geographic Photo of the Day: Japanese Footbridge

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Osaka, Japan, Date Unknown Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie A
crowded footbridge during Osaka&#039s rush hour dramatizes Japan&#039s
number one problem in 1970: population density. Since then, the problem
has only worsened. Japanese government data show the country&#039s
population density increased from 720 people per square mile (281 per
square kilometer) in 1970 to 870 per square mile (340 per square
kilometer) in 2000.

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not
published in, "Kansai: Japan&#039s Historic Heartland," March 1970,
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