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 ...

Shortly after Pope Leo XIV lamented the declining birth rate in Europe, the cardinal of Tokyo said Japan is also facing the ...

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

Japan is a unique country, distinguished by its rich cultural traditions and remarkable evolution. Its population grew until the early 2000s, peaking at ...

On the 60th anniversary of the normalization of South Korea-Japan diplomatic relations, business leaders from both countries ...

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 ...