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 ...

The number of births in Japan in the first half of the year came to 350,074, the lowest figure since 1969, the health ministry said in a preliminary report. Compared with the same period last year ...

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 ...

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 months of the year dropped 5.1 percent to 661 ...

(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 ...

The number of births in Japan in 2024 is set to fall under 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 661 ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

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Despite being given a Z rating by Japan’s CERO ratings body, which means it cannot be sold to anyone under the age of 18, some of the game’s graphic content is still being removed as it was ...