The number of babies born to foreign parents reached a record high in Japan in 2024, underlining rapid demographic changes that have propelled migration to the heart of the country’s political debate. More than 20,000 children were born to non-Japanese couples, accounting for more than 3% of all newborns, according to the health ministry – in stark contrast to another sharp fall in the number born to Japanese parents. Japan records lowest number of births in more than a century, as population fears grow Read more The number and proportion of foreign newborns were both record highs, the Nikkei...
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