Ever-rising costs of raising children drive Japan's birth rate to its lowest since 1899

“Japan's fertility rate has tumbled to its lowest level since 1899, reaching a point the government did not expect for another 15 years, as the punishing cost of living convinces more young people they cannot afford to raise a family.

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