TOKYO — Japan's Health Ministry described the East Asian nation's birth rate as 'critical' on Wednesday as it hit a record low for the eighth straight year, with the government moving to improve support for parents.
TOKYO — Japan's Health Ministry described the East Asian nation's birth rate as 'critical' on Wednesday as it hit a record low for the eighth straight year, with the government moving to improve support for parents.The ministry released data showing that Japan's birth rate — the average number of children a woman is expected to have in her life — stood at 1.20 last year, well below the 2.1 children needed to maintain the population.The figure was down from 1.
People take an escalator at Shibuya station in Japan’s capital Tokyo, on June 4, 2024. AFP PHOTO'The continuing decline in the birth rate is a critical situation,' a Health Ministry official in charge of the data told AFP.'Various factors, such as economic instability and difficulties in juggling work and child-rearing,' can be blamed for the falling figures, she said.
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