Japan's child population falls for 42nd straight yr to new record low

Japan's estimated child population fell for the 42nd consecutive year to hit a new record low, government data showed Thursday, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida calls for implementing "unprecedented" measures to boost the birthrate.The number of children aged 14 or younger, including foreigners, was 14.35 million as of April 1, down by around 300,000 from a year earlier, the data from the internal affairs ministry showed.The ratio of children to Japan's overall population was 11.5 percent, down by 0.2 percentage point, also the lowest figure since 1950 when comparable data became available, …READ FULL ARTICLE