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    In Japan ist die Zahl der geborenen Babys zum zehnten Mal in Folge auf einem Rekordtief


    In Japan ist die Zahl der geborenen Babys zum zehnten Mal in Folge auf einem Rekordtief

    https://asia.nikkei.com/economy/demography/japan-s-number-of-babies-born-marks-record-low-for-10th-straight-year

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    1. FootballAndFries on

      Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on Thursday that the number of births in the country last year fell 2.1% year-on-year to 705,809, marking a 10th consecutive record low. The trend means that a review of the current social security system is inevitable.

      The 2025 number, including that of foreign nationals, was the lowest since comparable records began in 1899, having dropped by 30% in the past decade. The pace of decline, however, slowed compared to 2022-24, when it exceeded 5% annually.

      Marriage registrations in 2025 increased 1.1% from the previous year to 505,656 couples, exceeding 500,000 for the first time in three years. This marks the second consecutive year of growth amid recovery from a significant decline caused by COVID-19 restrictions and other factors.

    2. The_Frostweaver on

      They aren’t going to solve their demographics crisis with increased births, it’s not happening.

      When the upcomming generation is smaller than the current child bearing generation you are basically locked in for fewer marriages and births in the future.

      Japan needs to figure out reasonable immigration policy and bring in young immigrants who can have children who then go to school and learn japanese language and culture alongside local japanese children.

      If you wait then there will be even fewer young local japanese people having children and the situation will be worse.

      You can’t save your culture by melting immigrants into it if there are no local japanese children for the immigrant children to go to school with.

    3. r0bsession on

      Afaik the working culture is still horrible. From my german pov I can‘t ever imagine having even a single child there. It’s still common to work 9-12 hours per day for 6-7 days a week. Naturally it varies individually but for most jobs or services this is true. That doesn‘t take into account that costs of living are also quite high. I kind of get that people simply don‘t have the time and energy to have children or even a partner to begin with.

    4. StrikingBike8417 on

      I volunteer to move to Japan and help the local women increase their birth rates!

    5. LawNOrderNerd on

      The papers that will be written about the declining demographics of Japan will be fascinating in 20-40 years. Japan clearly has no capability to increase its population’s birth rates (willingly at least) and the people there have chosen to become even more restrictive on immigration. We are going to learn a ton on the effects of population shrinkage from this case-study.

      Glad it’s happening somewhere else though, I would not want to live through it.

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