The number of births in Japan and the fertility rate are at record lows. One reason is the decline in marriages as people's ...

The number of babies born in Japan, including those of foreign nationals, fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024, marking ...

The decline in births in Japan shows no signs of stopping. The government needs to take this reality seriously.In 2025, the total fertility rate -- th･･･ ...

The number of babies born in Japan in 2024 fell to a record low of 686,061, marking the first time the figure has dipped ...

Former professional soccer player Hailey Hinkley gave birth to her second child in a hospital in Japan after moving there for her husband's job Hailey recalls the nurses being so warm, even going so ...

Japan saw nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024, marking the country’s steepest single-year population decline since the government surveys began nearly six decades ago. In 2009, Japan’s ...

The number of babies born in Japan has dropped to the lowest the country has ever seen since records began 125 years ago, falling ninth straight year despite the government’s efforts to reverse the ...

The year was 1966. Japan, riding the high of its postwar economic boom, was transforming fast. Cities were shimmered with neon lights and bullet trains zipped past sprawling urban areas. Everything ...