Japan Posts Fewest Births in Record History, Amid an Increasingly Aged Society

Japan Posts Fewest Births in Record History, Amid an Increasingly Aged Society
Staff working in a nursery room at Jikei hospital in Kumamoto in southern Japan on June 10, 2022. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
Sean Tseng
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Japan saw the fewest number of births in its recorded history last year, health ministry data showed.