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(Bloomberg) -- A small number of startups are stepping up to address infertility issues in Japan, where shortages of treatment options plague patients in a country grappling with one of the worlds lowest birth rates. ..
Demand for infertility treatment is high in Japan, where the number of live births fell for eight straight years to another record low last year..
One in 4.4 couples in Japan has undergone tests or treatment for infertility, and the number of babies resulting from assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization stood at one in 11.6 in 2021..
Next week marks two years since Japan expanded public health insurance coverage to include a small number of infertility treatments..
The expansion of insurance coverage to include infertility treatments may mean a further increase in patients, said Shimon Kazama, a consultant at Mizuho Research & Technologies..
