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Japan recorded 720,988 births in 2024, the lowest annual total since comparable records began in 1899, according to preliminary data released by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on February 27, 2025. Births fell 5.0% from the previous year, marking a ninth consecutive annual decline. Deaths reached a record 1,618,684, up 1.8% year on year. The resulting natural population decrease - deaths minus births - widened to a record 897,696, highlighting the accelerating imb