By RYUICHI HISANAGA/ Staff Writer
February 28, 2023 at 17:32 JST
A newborn leaves a hospital. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The number of births in Japan in 2022 was 799,728, falling under 800,000 for the first time since such figures were first compiled in 1899, the health ministry’s preliminary statistics showed on Feb. 28. [Read More]
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