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Japanese birth rate falls to record low

Japan’s birth rate fell for a ninth consecutive year in 2024 to hit a record low

The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low, according to health ministry data.

Reuters · 21h

Japan's births fell to record low in 2024

The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline, the health ministry said on Thursday, underscoring the rapid ageing and dwindling of the population.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Japan's New Births Fall 9 Straight Years to Record Low in 2024

The number of babies born in Japan fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low 720,988 in 2024, the health ministry said on Thursday, the latest data underscoring the rapid shrinkage and ageing of the country's population.

The Financial Times · 1d

Japan births fall to lowest in 125 years

The number of babies born in Japan last year fell to the lowest level since records began 125 years ago as the country’s demographic crisis deepens and government efforts to reverse the decline continue to fail.

Yahoo · 20h

Japanese birth rate falls to record low as deaths hit record high

The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 marking the ninth consecutive year of decline, the health ministry said on Thursday.

Japan beats USWNT 2-1 to win SheBelieves Cup

CNN on MSN · 18h

USWNT falls to first loss in a year with SheBelieves Cup defeat against Japan

The US Women’s National Team’s 18-match unbeaten run under coach Emma Hayes came to an end on Thursday with a 2-1 defeat to Japan in the SheBelieves Cup.

CBSSports.com · 1d

USWNT vs. Japan score: Japan lift first SheBelieves Cup as Emma Hayes collects first loss as USA coach

Japan won the SheBelieves Cup on Wednesday with a 2-1 win over the U.S. women's national team, handing the hosts their first loss since Emma Hayes took over as head coach in June. The visitors got off to a quick start by scoring just two minutes into the game,

The Associated Press on MSN · 18h

USWNT suffers first loss in a year, 2-1 to Japan in SheBelieves Cup finale

The defeat came a year to the day since the Americans' last loss, and gave Japan the round-robin tournament title.

Japan Post, Banking Unit

Reuters on MSN · 22h

Japan Post Bank to conduct secondary share offering of up to $4.22 billion

Japan Post Holdings plans to sell its shares in Japan Post Bank in a secondary share sale worth as much as 630 billion yen ($4.22 billion), a regulatory filing showed on Thursday. The sale, first reported by Reuters on Wednesday,

MarketWatch · 23h

Japan Post Bank to Offer Around $4 Billion Worth of Shares

Japan Post Bank plans to offer roughly around $4 billion worth of shares currently held by its parent, Japan Post Holdings. The Japanese bank announced Thursday that Japan Post Holdings intends to sell 361.

Bloomberg L.P. · 1d

Japan Post Plans Sale of $4.2 Billion Stake in Banking Unit

Japan Post Holdings Co. plans to sell a stake in Japan Post Bank Co. that could raise ¥630 billion ($4.2 billion), the latest disposal in the former state-run giant’s decade-long privatization efforts.

Chicago cubs, Nico Hoerner and Japan

ESPN on MSN · 11h

Cubs' Nico Hoerner won't travel to Japan for games vs. Dodgers

Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner won't be going to Japan where the team opens the regular season next month, manager Craig Counsell announced on Thursday.

Chicago Tribune · 12h

Chicago Cubs 2nd baseman Nico Hoerner won’t make the trip to Japan as he rehabs from surgery

Second baseman Nico Hoerner, still rehabbing from offseason surgery on his throwing arm, won’t travel with the Chicago Cubs for the Tokyo Series vs. the Los Angeles Dodger.

CBSSports.com · 14h

Cubs' Nico Hoerner: Set to miss season-opening series

Hoerner (elbow) won't travel with the Cubs to Japan for the team's two-game, season-opening series versus the Dodgers on March 18 and 19 and will instead remain in Arizona to continue his rehab, Jesse Rogers of ESPN.

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Japan's MeToo icon is up for an Oscar - but the film can't air in the country

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Japan PM's coalition trims FY2025/26 draft budget by $2.3 billion

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Bright green creature — with ‘leopard’-print thighs — is new species in Japan. See it

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Tokyo is turning to a 4-day workweek in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’

Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something new: a four-day ...

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Core inflation in Japan's capital slows in February

Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.2% in February from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, slowing for the ...

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5 Japan stocks rally on Berkshire's blessing, despite a broader trading slump in Asia

Shares of five Japanese trading houses were on a tear after Buffett wrote in Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder letter ...

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Japan's Idemitsu to build lithium sulphide plant to help support Toyota's EV plans

Japan's No.2 oil refiner, Idemitsu Kosan <5019.T> plans to build a large-scale plant for lithium sulphide, a key material for ...

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AI robots may hold key to nursing Japan's ageing population

Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a ...

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