Japan's population crisis deepens as births hit record low
Japan faces an unprecedented demographic emergency as new data reveals the sharpest population decline in history, with births plummeting to their lowest level since records began.
Japan faces an unprecedented demographic emergency as new data reveals the sharpest population decline in history, with births plummeting to their lowest level since records began.
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