The number of babies born in South Korea rebounded for the first time in nine years in 2024, welcome news for a country ...

The welfare ministry has announced that the preliminary number of births in Japan for 2024 is about 720,000, the lowest such ...

The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline, the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The number of babies born in Japan fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low 720,988 in 2024, ...

The number of births in Japan fell to another record low, underscoring the growing challenge of how to shoulder ballooning ...

Japan's population decline is accelerating. The number of deaths rose by 1.8 percent to 1,618,684, while the natural decrease ...

The number of children born in Japan in 2024 fell from a year earlier to 720,988, marking the ninth consecutive year of ...

Births were down 5% on the year, despite a range of steps unveiled in 2023 by former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to boost childbearing, while a record number of 1.62 million deaths meant that ...

Births in Japan hit another record low in 2024, falling for the ninth-straight year as young people delay marriage while the ...

Three new studies provided some of the first nationwide data, revealing more births, a rise in infant deaths and impacts even ...

South Koreans rejoiced Wednesday at news that the number of births had risen for the first time in about a decade -- a rare ...

Many saw the rising fertility rate – the first time since 2015 – as a step in the right direction. Read more at ...