In 2025, the number of births in Japan fell for the tenth consecutive year, reaching a record low of 671,236. Since the size of the young population is not expected to increase in the coming years, this downward trend in births is likely to persist.However, the rate of decline slowed slightly due to the increase over the previous year in the number of births by women in their early 30s. It is unclear whether this pattern will continue.Meanwhile, the total fertility rate (TFR), which is defined as the average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime, increased in 13 prefectures …READ FULL ARTICLE
