This year Japan has serious problems with its birth rate. By the end of 2022, this indicator may reach new minimum values, opens The words of Parliament Secretary General Hirokazu Matsuno “Interfax”.
According to the results of the first nine months of 2022, the number of children born in Japan decreased by 4.9% compared to the same period of 2021, reaching just under 600 thousand (599.6 thousand). said the Local Cabinet.
“Population growth is even slower than last year (…) this is critical as I understand it,” Matsuno complained.
If the trend continues, the country’s birthrate by the end of December could be lower than in the entire previous year. At the end of 2021, 811,000 children were born in the Asian country.
October 21, Kyodo News, referring to the Ministry of National Affairs and Communications of Japan reportedIt was stated that the annual inflation level in the country reached a record 3% in September. Similar indicators in the Asian state have not been recorded since August 1991.