Japan’s fertility has declined in the past three decades. Raising Japan’s fertility rate is a key policy priority for the government. Using cross-country analysis and case studies, this paper finds ...

TOKYO -- Japan's total fertility rate -- the average number of births per woman during her reproductive years -- fell in 2023 for the eighth straight year, reaching a record low, ...

TOKYO -- Japan's fertility rate likely reached a record low of 1.21 in 2023, based on a new estimate, with the country's demographic decline outpacing the government forecast.

The number of Japanese children born in 2023 sank to an all-time low of 727,277, while the total fertility rate shrank to its smallest level on record, health ministry data showed on June 5.

Despite Japan’s efforts to reverse the stagnant fertility rate, it has struggled to overturn the trend. For the past three decades, Japan’s fertility rate has been below 1.5. The most recent ...

Japan announced this week that as many as a third of 18-year-old women may never have children, due to a 'sex recession' that has seen Japan's fertility rate drop to 1.34 births per woman.

Japan’s fertility rate has been declining since the mid-1970s, reaching a total fertility rate (TFR) of around 1.3 children per woman in the early 2000s.

In Japan, however, the struggle to overcome fertility through technological interventions is outstanding. For instance, Japan, with a population of 127 million, has 474 medical institutions (including ...

Last year, Japan’s fertility rate stood at 1.2. In Tokyo, the rate is now less than one. The number of babies born in Japan last year fell to the lowest level since the government started ...

ISTANBUL. Japan saw a record low fertility rate last year, dropping to 1.15, down 0.05 points from 2023, government data showed, as the number of babies born has fallen for nine consecutive years ...

Japan’s total fertility rate hit a new low of 1.20 in 2023, with the rate for Tokyo falling to 0.99 for the first time.