The number of Japanese births continues to plunge, and is set to fall short of the government’s most pessimistic targets this ...

The number of births in Japan for the first half of the year dropped to the lowest since 1969, preliminary government data showed, underscoring the daunting task the country faced in tackling ...

Japanese 2024 births dipped below 700,000 for the first time, according to government data released Wednesday. Births dropped 5.7% to 686,061. Net population declined for the 18th year in a row. File ...

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TOKYO — The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data showed Tuesday, and a top official said it was critical for the country to reverse ...

Japan's birth rate is the lowest it has ever been since the country first collected the statistic in 1899. Government officials said the rate is in "critical condition," after the eighth consecutive ...

Japan saw nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024, marking the country’s steepest single-year population decline since the government surveys began nearly six decades ago. In 2009, Japan’s ...

The total number of births in Japan this year is expected to come in below 670,000—far fewer than the official forecasts put forth by the country’s National Institute of Population and Social Security ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday. A government official described the situation as ...