More than 22,000 babies were born to foreign nationals in Japan in 2024, helping offset the decline in births among Japanese ...

Japan’s annual birth rates have dropped to a new record low as the country grapples with an aging and shrinking population. The country’s Health Ministry on Wednesday said that 686,061 babies were ...

The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing ...

The national census, conducted every five years, is underway in Japan. It provides crucial data for understanding the country ...

Yoshihide Suga, the frontrunner to become Japan's next prime minister, on Wednesday proposed insurance coverage for expensive fertility treatments.

Nakayokawa Elementary School, closed three years ago, is seen in the remote village of Yokawa on February 29, 2024 in Miki, Japan. In 1970, a woman in Mexico might have expected to have seven children ...

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It's noon on a warm day in the Japanese town where Yoshihide Suga, Japan's next prime minister, grew up, but more than half the stores in a downtown shopping arcade are shuttered and sidewalks stretch ...