 "Japan has been facing a population crisis due to low birth rate Image Courtesy Reuters")
Preliminary government data released on Tuesday revealed that the number of newborns born in Japan declined for the eighth year in a row to a historic low in 2023, highlighting the difficult struggle the nation confronts in attempting to stop depopulation.
Since unmarried births are uncommon in Japan, the number of marriages decreased 5.9% to 489,281 from 758,631 a year earlier, the lowest level of marriages in 90 years. This suggests that the population may continue to drop.
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(With agency inputs)