The number of births in Japan in 2024 is likely to fall below 700,000 for the first time after government data showed Friday that the figure for the first 11 months of the year dropped 5.1 percent to ...

Mr Yoshida has run demographic simulations since 2012 and his latest finding is that, on his current projection, his home will likely ... The number of births in Japan has steadily declined ...

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Japan has one of the lowest rates of births using epidurals among developed nations, at just 8.6 per cent according to a 2020 survey. According to an August 2023 report in NHK Japan, the country ...

(Mainichi/Kenji Ikai) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of births in Japan in 2024 is set to fall below 700,000 for the first time after government data showed Friday that the figure for the first 11 ...