New Analysis
Japan saw the fewest number of births in its recorded history last year, health ministry data showed.
Japan Posts Fewest Births in Record History, Amid an Increasingly Aged Society
Experts say next 10 years key in reversing the East Asian nation's dwindling population
Staff working in a nursery room at Jikei hospital in Kumamoto in southern Japan on June 10, 2022. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
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