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No. of newborns in Japan rises for 1st time in 11 yrs in Jan.-June of 2026
Japan recorded 320,458 newborns in the January–June period of 2026, up 0.4 percent from a year earlier, marking the first year-on-year increase for a first half in 11 years, according to government data reported by Kyodo News. The figure represents a rare reversal in a country long grappling with declining births.