Japanese leaders have called the country’s declining birth rate alarming. The clock displays the current number of children in Japan, the previous year’s data, real-time population decline ...

Last year, Japan witnessed its birth rate drop to an unprecedented low, casting a spotlight on the country's ongoing demographic challenges. A mere 758,631 babies were born in 2023, marking a 5.1% ...

Japan's birth rate is set to hit another record low, with 2022 likely to see just under 800,000 new citizens coming into the world. The government has pledged more financial aid to reverse the ...

Japan will be down to its last child in 695 years, according to a university's "population clock"—a thought experiment and grim portent as the country's birth rate edges closer to the point of ...

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The world's population is growing but in some countries birth rates are plummeting - so do we have too many people or too few ...

It’s the second family-friendly policy out of Tokyo, following the municipal government’s decision to offer a four-day ...

The number of Japanese children born ... The total fertility rate, which indicates the number of children a woman is expected to give birth to during her lifetime, fell from 1.26 to 1.20 in ...

Japan’s already low birth rates have further declined. Last year, the nation’s “total fertility rate,” which indicates the number of children a woman is expected to give birth to during ...