The number children Japan has fallen to its lowest number since records began. There were 170,000 fewer children Japan the end of March 2018 than there were a year earlier. Japan's Ministry Internal Affairs and Communications issued a report Friday showing the falling numbers children. According to the statistics, the number of children aged 14 or under dropped the 37th consecutive year. There was another record fall the ratio of children to the overall Japanese population. This dropped to a new record low of 12.3 per cent and was the 44th year of decline a row. This ratio is the lowest among countries in the world a population of 40 million or more.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been trying to address the country's dwindling birth rate. He has introduced several measures to encourage lower-income families to have bigger families. However, these measures seem to be having little success. This is coupled the fact that fewer Japanese people are getting married, which demographers say is a "ticking time-bomb" Japan. The number annual births 2016 fell one million for the first time since the government began collecting data 1899. Japanese demographers predict that 2050, Japan will have 23 per cent fewer citizens. This means a rapidly aging society and a greatly diminishing workforce.
