The population of children under 15 years old in Japan stood at an estimated 15.53 million as of April 1, down 170,000 from a year earlier and falling for the 37th consecutive year, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.
The population of children under 15 years old in Japan stood at an estimated 15.53 million as of April 1, down 170,000 from a year earlier and falling for the 37th consecutive year, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.
The child population rewrote a low since 1950, when comparable data became available, the ministry said before Children’s Day on Saturday. According to the latest data, boys totaled 7.95 million and girls 7.
