Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Japan's birthrate fell in 2018 to its lowest level, with the highest population decline since record-keeping began in 1899, government data indicate.
The country of 127 million people saw an estimated 921,000 births in 2018, down 25,000 from one year ago and below one million for the third consecutive year. An estimated 1.37 million deaths occurred, the most in a year since the end of World War II.