The 720,998 babies born in Japan in 2024 was a drop of 5% on the previous year, according to the Health and Welfare Ministry. It was the lowest number of births since Japan started recording the ...

Trending| While Japan struggles to curb its population decline, neighbouring South Korea recorded its first fertility rate ...

The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline, the ...

South Korea’s statistics agency said Wednesday that 238,300 babies were born last year, an increase of 8,300 from a year ...

This year, 49 elementary, middle, and high schools will shutter in the East Asian country, 16 more than last year and more ...

Japan’s most recent fertility data showed a rate of 1.20 births per woman in 2023. One major factor behind Japan’s declining ...

The total fertility rate, or the average number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime, rose for the first ...

TOKYO: The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline, ...

THE country's fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, ...

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SEOUL: South Korea’s birth rate has risen for the first time in nearly ten years, offering a glimmer of hope in the face of a ...