Japan’s noted writer and Conservative Party leader Naoki Hyakuta has apologised after his comments on women and the falling ...
The number of births in Japan in 2024 is likely to fall under 700,000 for the first time after government data showed Tuesday that the figure in the first half fell 6.3 percent from a year earlier to ...
The comparable number of births in the first half of 2023 was 352,240, with a full-year total of 727,277. In 2022, the number of newborns in Japan fell below 800,000 for the first time since 1899.
(Mainichi/Kenji Ikai) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of births in Japan in 2024 is likely to fall under 700,000 for the first time after government data showed Tuesday that the figure in the first ...