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▼ Japan Births Hit Fresh Low In First Half Of 2025
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The number of babies born in January-June fell 3.1% from a year earlier to 339,280 in Japan, hitting a new record low for the first half, the health ministry said Friday.
The January-June figure, including babies born to foreign nationals living in Japan and Japanese nationals living overseas, stood below 400,000 for the fourth consecutive year, a preliminary report said.
According to data released in June, the number of Japanese babies born in Japan in 2024 fell below 700,000 for the first time on record, standing at 686,061. The number for the whole of 2025 may rewrite the record low if births in the second half decrease at the same pace as the first half.
The annual number has been on a downward trend since around 1975, falling below 1 million in 2016, 900,000 in 2019 and 800,000 in 2022.
Meanwhile, the preliminary report said that the number of marriages in January-June this year dropped 4% from a year before to 238,561 after registering the first increase in two years the previous year. The number of divorces fell 4.1% to 93,755.
The number of deaths rose by 24,999 to 836,818, bringing the country's natural population decline, or the number of deaths minus that of births, to a record 497,538.
The January-June figure, including babies born to foreign nationals living in Japan and Japanese nationals living overseas, stood below 400,000 for the fourth consecutive year, a preliminary report said.
According to data released in June, the number of Japanese babies born in Japan in 2024 fell below 700,000 for the first time on record, standing at 686,061. The number for the whole of 2025 may rewrite the record low if births in the second half decrease at the same pace as the first half.
The annual number has been on a downward trend since around 1975, falling below 1 million in 2016, 900,000 in 2019 and 800,000 in 2022.
Meanwhile, the preliminary report said that the number of marriages in January-June this year dropped 4% from a year before to 238,561 after registering the first increase in two years the previous year. The number of divorces fell 4.1% to 93,755.
The number of deaths rose by 24,999 to 836,818, bringing the country's natural population decline, or the number of deaths minus that of births, to a record 497,538.
- 29/8 20:25
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