Japan's total fertility rate last year dropped to the lowest since records began in 1947. Many people attribute the decline to the country's inflexible work culture. Preliminary demographic ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hawkish comments from the Bank of Japan and sticky inflation are lifting bond yields to multi-year highs and pushing forward rate hike expectations, shaking long-held views that ...

The number of Japanese children born in 2023 sank to an all-time low of 727,277, while the total fertility rate shrank to its smallest level on record, health ministry data showed on June 5.