The number of babies born in Japan fell for the 10th straight year to a new record low of 671,236 in 2025, according to preliminary data released by the health ministry on June 3.

Japan’s total population has shrunk by around 3.1 million, or 2.5 percent, since the last census in 2020, according to preliminary data from 2025 released by the internal affairs ministry on May 29.

Japan's population declined by a record 2.5 per cent in a span of five years, according to census data released on Friday. The steep decline has yet again highlighted the demographic challenges faced ...

Record census decline: Japan’s population dropped 2.5% in five years to 123.05 million, the sharpest fall since census records began in 1920. Ageing and low births: Deaths have exceeded births for a ...

Japan’s demographic challenges continue to deepen as the population of children aged 15 and under has fallen for the 45th consecutive year, reaching a record low. With birth rates remaining on a ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session on June 4 that the record-low number of Ja･･･ ...

MITO -- Japan's declining child population is taking a toll even on a youth soccer club where a national team player got his ...