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 ...

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(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 ...

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TOKYO -- The number of babies born in Japan in 2024 is expected to be only about 690,000, according to one expert's recent estimate, falling below 700,000 for the first time since the government ...

The number of births of Japanese children in the first half of 2024 has continued its alarming downward trend, with only 329,998 babies born between January and June. If this pace continues, ...

Births continue declining in Japan with the number falling in the first quarter of 2024 to 170,804, including babies born to non-Japanese parents, a decrease of 11,673 from a year ago ...

OBJECTIVE This study examines the inter-temporal association between pandemic-associated mortality and subsequent birth deficit in Japan in order to shed light on the current debate about the impact ...