Japanese policymakers are increasingly anxious that the country's birth rate is nearing the point of no return.

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 ... The number of deaths in 2023 was a record high 1,575,936.

A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for US$1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious ...

The fertility rate, or the average ... of births from the number of deaths, in 2020, was the largest ever. Takumi Fujinami, a senior researcher at the Japan Research Institute, has estimated ...

The population of the Earth is set to reach 8.09 billion come New Year's Day, although the global birth rate is slowing ...

SIGA Technologies has gained Japanese regulatory approval for TEPOXX (tecovirimat) 200mg capsules, known as TPOXX in the US, ...

An arrest has been made in the case of a family in Brazil who were poisoned on Christmas Eve after eating a cake containing ...

With a rise in dog bite cases across Tamil Nadu, the state health department has directed district and city health officers ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their throat.

Itooka, born on May 23, 1908, became the oldest living person in Japan in December 2023 following the death of Fusa Tatsumi, 116, in Osaka. Last September Itooka was recognized as the world's ...