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🇯🇵 Japan’s demographic crisis deepens: The birth rate has been plummeting for decades, with accelerated decline in recent years.Number of live births (approx.):• 2018: ~919,000• 2019: ~865,000• 2020: ~841,000• 2021: ~811,000• 2022: ~771,000• 2023: ~727,000• 2024: ~686,000• 2025 (on track): Even lower, with first 6 months down ~3.1% vs 2024 (339,000 births Jan-Jun)Total Fertility Rate (children per woman): Fell from ~1.42 in 2018 to a record low of 1.15 in 2024 — far below the 2.1 replacement level.This is t ...