‘Critical situation’: Japan’s number of births fell to record low in 2023, marriages down by 5.9%

In Japan, the number of babies born fell for the eighth straight year, falling to a…

Population collapse? Number of Japanese households with kids falls to historic low

For the first time since comparable data became available, the number of households with children fell…

Japan to pay child-rearing families millions to shift from Tokyo to rural areas with ageing population

The Japanese government this year will increase the financial aid for child-rearing families moving from the…