More than 22,000 babies were born to foreign nationals in Japan in 2024, helping offset the decline in births among Japanese ...

Japan’s annual birth rates have dropped to a new record low as the country grapples with an aging and shrinking population. The country’s Health Ministry on Wednesday said that 686,061 babies were ...

FILE - Women carry their children on their bicycles as they ride through an intersection near a sporting arena planned to be used during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo on June 24 ...

Yoshihide Suga, the frontrunner to become Japan's next prime minister, on Wednesday proposed insurance coverage for expensive fertility treatments.

The national census, conducted every five years, is underway in Japan. It provides crucial data for understanding the country ...

TOKYO (AP) — The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth straight year to a record low, according to health ministry data released Thursday. The faster-than-predicted decline ...

TOKYO — The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth straight year to a record low, according to health ministry data released Thursday. The faster-than-predicted decline suggests ...