World NewsAsia & PacificJapan Posts Fewest Births in Record History, Amid an Increasingly Aged SocietyExperts say next 10 years key in reversing the East Asian nation's dwindling populationCopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSaveStaff working in a nursery room at Jikei hospital in Kumamoto in southern Japan on June 10, 2022. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty ImagesBy Ben Zhao and Sean Tseng3/15/2023Updated: 3/15/2023PrintNew AnalysisJapan saw the fewest number of births in its recorded history last year, health ministry data showed.