🇯🇵Japan·AI News·10 Jun 2026·via Spacedaily

In 2024 Japan logged fewer than 700,000 births for the first time, but the starker number was the loss — its citizen population fell by over 900,000 in a single year, the steepest drop on record, with deaths outpacing births two to one

The number that drew the headlines was 686,061. That is how many babies were born in Japan in 2024, the first time annual births had fallen below 700,000 since record-keeping began in 1899.

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In 2024 Japan logged fewer than 700,000 births for the first time, but the starker number was the loss — its citizen population fell by over 900,000 in a single year, the steepest drop on record, with deaths outpacing births two to one

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