Births in Japan fell to a record low last year, according to newly released government data, as the country faces a deepening demographic crisis. Newsweek has contacted the Japanese Foreign Ministry ...

TOKYO, June 4. /TASS/. Last year, the total number of births in Japan fell to its lowest level since 1899 when vital statistics were first recorded in the country: in 2024, the Japanese gave birth to ...

That represents just over 3 percent of all babies born in Japan that year—also a record. Chinese mothers accounted for the ...

TOKYO (AP) — The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to a record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday.

TOKYO (AP) — The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another record low last year, according to government data released ...

Hailey Hinkley's shares her childbirth experience in Japan, where nurses provided exceptional care and surprised her with a heartfelt video one year later Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s total population ...

Japanese 2024 births dipped below 700,000 for the first time, according to government data released Wednesday. Births dropped 5.7% to 686,061. Net population declined for the 18th year in a row. File ...

Japan saw nearly one million more deaths than births in 2024 in the largest annual population decline since records began six decades ago. Latest data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ...

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 ...