The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899. The government data ...

Births in Japan hit another record low in 2024, falling for the ninth-straight year as young people delay marriage while the elderly population rises, government data showed Thursday. Japan's ...

Japan's number of yearly births hit a new record low in 2024, and fewer young couples are marrying. As birth rates in China ...

Unlike some Western countries, only a few of every 100 babies in Japan are born out of wedlock, suggesting a stronger correlation between marriages and births. Asked about the latest demographic ...

The number of babies born in Japan ... Births declined 5 percent from a year earlier, while the number of deaths hit a record high of 1.62 million, meaning more than two people died for every new ...

In 2024, 720,988 babies were born in Japan, including to foreign nationals, down five per cent from 758,631 in 2023, according to preliminary health ministry data. The number of births shrank to ...

The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another ... her lifetime – also fell to a new low of 1.15 in 2024, from 1.2 ...

Annual Births Fall to Another Record Low in Japan as Its Population Emergency ... is expected to have in her lifetime — also fell to a new low of 1.15 in 2024, from 1.2 a year earlier.

TOKYO (AP) — The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to ... lifetime — also fell to a new low of 1.15 in 2024, from ...