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Japan’s birth rate rose for the first half of the year for the first time in over a decade

Japan's population has been shrinking for a long time, as fewer couples have children, and those that do have kids have fewer than generations past. For the first time in more than a decade, there's been an increase in the numbers of babies born in […]

Japan’s birth rate rose for the first half of the year for the first time in over a decade

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Japan's population has been shrinking for a long time, as fewer couples have children, and those that do have kids have fewer than generations past.

For the first time in more than a decade, there's been an increase in the numbers of babies born in […]

More babies follow two consecutive years of more marriages.

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Japan's population has been shrinking for a long time, as fewer couples have children, and those that do have kids have fewer than generations past. For the first time in more than a decade, there's been an increase in the numbers of babies born in […] More babies follow two consecutive years of more marriages.

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