Virus deepens Japan's demographic crisis

By Kiyoshi Takenaka
Updated October 27 2020 - 4:26pm, first published 4:22pm
The pandemic has led to fewer pregnancies in Japan which has a rapidly ageing population.
The pandemic has led to fewer pregnancies in Japan which has a rapidly ageing population.

Tumbling numbers of pregnancies and marriages in Japan during the coronavirus pandemic are likely to intensify a demographic crisis in the rapidly ageing nation.

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