Japan’s government documented a “record low” figure of 811,604 newborns last year, Kyodo News reported on Friday, noting that the data was merely the latest statistic highlighting Japan’s dire population woes.
on Friday, noting that the data was merely the latest statistic highlighting Japan’s dire population woes.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the 2021 newborn data at a press briefing on June 3. The health ministry said it attributed the low figure to “a fall in women in their 20s giving birth.” Tokyo said it remains unclear if other factors, such as uncertainty about the future or increased economic insecurity, contributed to this decline in the number of young Japanese women giving birth.
“We will create a reassuring social environment for people to give birth and raise children,” Matsuno said. Women between 40 and 44 were the only age group whose births increased from last year at 48,516, up 617, suggesting more women in the country are choosing to become mothers later in life.
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