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A Question About Reporting on Japan’s Declining Birth Rate [Podcast Episode]

More than 30 percent of unmarried people aged 18 to 34 in Japan do not wish to have children, the highest percentage since comparable data became available in 2002, a government survey showed Friday, raising concerns that the country’s already low birthrate could decline further.

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by Michael Gillan Peckitt
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By Barrier Free Japan

September 14 2026

JAPAN – More than 30 percent of unmarried people aged 18 to 34 in Japan do not wish to have children, the highest percentage since comparable data became available in 2002, a government survey showed Friday, raising concerns that the country’s already low birthrate could decline further.

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‘Over 30% of unmarried people in Japan do not want children’:

Over 30% of unmarried people in Japan do not want children

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