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The number of babies born in Japan in the year 2023 fell to a record low from a year earlier as the countrys population shrank by its largest ever margin, government data showed, according to a report by Kyodo News The figure for babies was down by 5.1 per cent to 758,631, according to preliminary data released by the health ministry on Tuesday, the Japanese news agency reported...
It is usually expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 people...
A forecast by the Japanese governments National Institute of Population and Social Security Research has estimated births in the country to decline to below 760,000 in the year 2035...
The fast pace of dip in newborns has been attributed to late marriages and people staying single, Kyodo News reported stating that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida administration has termed the period leading up to 2030 as the last chance to reverse the trend...
