January 23, 2023
Japan PM says country on the brink over falling birth rate
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(BBC) Japan’s prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of its falling birth rate. Fumio Kishida said it was a case of “now or never.†Japan – population 125 million – is estimated to have had fewer than 800,000 births last year. In