The birth rate in Japan continued to decline in the first half of this year, deepening a trend Tokyo says will be irreversible by the next decade. Asia's second-largest economy faces a severe ...

Births in Japan fell to a record low last year, according to newly released government data, as the country faces a deepening demographic crisis. Newsweek has contacted the Japanese Foreign Ministry ...

TOKYO (AP) — The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to a record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday.

The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has risen to a record high of nearly 100,000, its government has announced.

Hailey Hinkley's shares her childbirth experience in Japan, where nurses provided exceptional care and surprised her with a heartfelt video one year later Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.