{"id":140976,"date":"2021-06-08T16:11:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T07:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=140976&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-06-08T16:11:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T07:11:48","slug":"kyushu-area-birthrate-statistics-released","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-area-birthrate-statistics-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Area Birthrate Statistics Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four prefectures in Kyushu reported lower birth rates for 2020 compared to the year before. The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare released a national report on the latest birth numbers, which reflected the impact of the new coronavirus. While the entire country sank to a record-low 840,832 new babies with a birth rate of 1.34, six Kyushu and Okinawa prefectures saw birth rates of 1.60 or higher. Fukuoka Prefecture reported a comparatively low rate of 1.43. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC043UW0U1A600C2000000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-140977\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/newborn-baby.jpeg?resize=1024%2C678&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/newborn-baby.jpeg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/newborn-baby.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/newborn-baby.jpeg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/newborn-baby.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@chrishcush?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Bowen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare released a national report on the latest birth numbers, which reflected the impact of the new coronavirus. 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