The number of births in 2021 in Japan fell by 3.5% from the previous year to 811,604, hitting the lowest level on record, according to data released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Friday.
That figure has been falling since 2016, when it first dropped below 1 million, and it is now on track to fall below 800,000.
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