Japanese firms are feeling the most acute shortage of full-time workers since the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of ...

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The information service sector appeared to be most in need of full-time workers, with shortages of system engineers, followed ...

The number of babies born in Japan has dropped to the lowest the country has ever seen since records began 125 years ago, ...

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Japanese firms are feeling the most acute shortage of full-time workers since the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than half of ...

The number of newborns in Japan in 2024 dropped to 7,20,988, a five per cent from the previous year. This is the ninth ...

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The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low, according to health ...

The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline, the ...

Similarly, Japan was able to keep mortality from Covid-19 to a relatively low level in the early part of the pandemic. By the summer of 2022, Covid-19 deaths had reached 36,200. Today, they stand ...