Japan’s birth fell below 700,000 for the first time in 2024

Tokyo: Last year, the number of births in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time on records, showing government figures on Wednesday.Fast-aging Nation welcomed 686,061 newborns in 2024, 41,227 less than 2023, shown data. This was the lowest figure since the record started in 1899.According to the World Bank, Japan has the second oldest population in the world after Tiny Monaco.Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called the situation a “quiet emergency”, which tries family -friendly measures such as tries for more flexible work and to reverse the trend.The data from Wednesday’s Health Ministry has shown that Japan’s total fertility rate of a woman expects a woman to be reduced by a record of 1.15.The ministry said that Japan saw 1.6 million deaths in 2024, which was 1.9 percent a year ago. Ishiba has called for the revival of rural areas, where elderly villages are being isolated and separated rapidly.According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in more than 20,000 communities in Japan, most of the residents are 65 years of age and above.The country of 123 million people is also facing a lack of severe worker as its population age, not helping by relatively strict immigration rules.In the neighboring South Korea, the fertility rate in 2024 was lower than in Japan, at 0.75, one of the lowest in the world, but marked a short growth from the previous year behind the increase in marriage.