The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Births in Japan fall in 2025 to 706,000, record low for 10th straight yearTOKYO - The number of children born in Japan in 2025 fell from a year earlier to 705,809, the fewest since data became available in 1899 and hitting a new low for the 10th consecutive year, health ministry data showed Thursday.The figure, including foreign residents, was down 2.1 percent from 2024 amid a rapidly graying population and increased anxiety over child-rearing due to the higher cost of living amid inflation. The pace of decl…READ FULL ARTICLE
