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Japan's birthrate fell to 1.2 range in 2022, lowest in 17 years

Causes include declining marriages amid pandemic, delayed economic recovery

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Japan's total fertility rate likely fell for the seventh year in a row to about 1.2 in 2022. (Photo by Yosuke Kurabe)

YUI NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer
May 30, 2023 18:26 JST

TOKYO -- Japan's total fertility rate, the number of children a woman has in her lifetime, likely fell to about 1.2 in 2022, the lowest in 17 years, Nikkei has learned.

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