Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The number of births in Japan for the first half of the year dropped to the lowest since 1969, preliminary government data showed, ...

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TOKYO — Japan’s birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday. A government official described the situation as critical ...

Japan’s birth rate declined for a seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low of 1.26, the Health Ministry said Friday, adding to a sense of urgency in a country where the government is seen as ...

Japan is poised to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for childbirth under an expanded public health insurance initiative, as ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s birth rate fell to a ...