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Number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline.
Births were down 5% on the year , despite measures in 2023 by former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida 's government to boost child-bearing.
A record number of 1.62 million deaths meant that more than two people died for every new baby born.
South Korea's fertility rate rose for the first time in nine years , thanks to measures to spur young people to marry and have children.
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