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Japan's Fertility Rate Hits Record Low Despite Govt Push
The Straits Times
|June 05, 2025
Japan's fertility rate declined in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year, reaching another historical low that underscores the immense challenge facing the government as it attempts to reverse the trend in one of the world's most aged societies.
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The total fertility rate—the average number of children a woman is likely to have over her childbearing years—fell to 1.15, down from 1.2 the previous year, marking the lowest rate in records going back to 1947, according to a Health Ministry statement on June 4.
The trend was particularly notable in Tokyo, where the rate was below 1 for the second year in a row.
The total number of births dropped to about 686,000, marking the first time the figure has fallen below 700,000.
Deaths totaled around 1.61 million, leading to a net population decline of roughly 919,000 and extending the run of annual drops in the country's population to 18 years. The data excludes migration.
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