Ichinono, Japan, sits regally ... The continuing slide in the birth rate clearly indicates our current policy isn't working at all. Until last year, Hanako Okada now 44, was a lawyer in Tokyo ...

Japan's birth rate is among the lowest in the world, a trend which has meant having a shrinking workforce, fewer consumers and businesses fighting to recruit workers. It was the largest fall on ...

Japan has introduced new rules on the names parents can give their children with restrictions on the pronunciation of kanji characters—Chinese‐derived characters written in Japanese. Since the 1980s, ...

The number of babies born in Japan ... fertility rate for the first time in nine years on Wednesday. It was the glimmer of hope for the country which has the world’s lowest birth rate.

Japan’s already low birth rates have further ... Increasing the uptake rate of paternity leave is one thing, but efforts are also needed to correct the current situation that places a ...

The result, which includes babies of foreign nationality born in Japan, is 15 years ahead of the forecast for reaching that level. The birth rate for just Japanese nationals is expected to fall ...

Japan’s birth rate has hit a new record low — just 720,988 births in 2024, marking the ninth consecutive year of decline. The consequences? A shrinking workforce, rising social security costs and a ...

Ichinono, Japan, sits regally ... The continuing slide in the birth rate clearly indicates our current policy isn't working at all. Until last year, Hanako Okada now 44, was a lawyer in Tokyo ...