The country reported a decline in births for the 10th consecutive year, but an increase in marriages.

From the cost of childcare to the housing crisis, there’s no shortage of explanations for the dramatic global fall in the ...

The number of births in Japan fell for the 10th straight year in 2025, official data showed on Thursday, highlighting the ...

The population declined to 122.86 million, exacerbating labor shortages and economic challenges. Marriages increased slightly, while divorces decreased.

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A total of 705,809 babies were born in the archipelago last year, a 2.1% decrease compared to 2024 - Successive Japanese ...

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The number of newborns dropped 2.1 per cent from a year earlier to about 706,000. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced on Thursday that the number of births in the country last ...

There has been a perception that the decline is being driven exclusively by highly educated women from privileged backgrounds ...

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Japan recorded 705,809 births last year, including foreign residents, the lowest total since national records began in 1899, ...