According to demographic statistics released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on February 27, the number of newborns in Japan in 2023 is 7586.31 million, a decrease of 5 from 20221%, a record low.
A man waits to cross the road in the snow in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of newborns in Japan has been declining for eight consecutive years. The newborn data also includes the number of foreign newborns born in Japan, which will have about 700,000 births in 2023.
In addition, the number of deaths in Japan in 2023 is 15905.03 million people, minus the number of newborns, Japan's population will decrease by a total of 83 in 202318.72 million people, a record decline.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, there will be 48 in Japan in 202392.81 million couples got married, the first time since World War II that it was below 500,000 and a record low.
In recent years, Japan's declining birthrate has intensified. The number of newborns has declined to the point it is today, 12 years earlier than before. In order to prevent a rapid decline in the number of people, Japan** has taken various measures to curb the declining birthrate, but with little effect.
According to Japan's "Mainichi Shimbun", Japan** will start in fiscal 2024 and implement an "acceleration plan" for the birth population, with an annual investment of up to 3The 6 trillion yen budget is allocated to policies to encourage childbirth, but the actual effect remains to be seen.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said that the declining birth rate is approaching a critical state. The young population will decline rapidly over the next six years or so, and now is the last chance to reverse this trend, and there is no time to waste.
According to the report, the trend of not marrying late in Japan has not yet changed, and the trend of declining birthrate is accelerating faster than Japan's assumption, and how to maintain regional and socio-economic activities has become an important issue. Japan** believes that 2030 is the last chance to reverse the situation, and plans to propose "measures against an unusually declining birthrate" and to approve a bill to expand child allowances and other benefits in the current Diet.
Comprehensive report by Beijing Business Daily.