{"id":160334,"date":"2024-02-28T16:22:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T07:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=160334&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-02-28T16:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T07:22:50","slug":"kyushus-births-drop-6-3-continuing-population-decline","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushus-births-drop-6-3-continuing-population-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu&#8217;s Births Drop 6.3%, Continuing Population Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest preliminary report from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare shows a 6.3% decrease in births across Kyushu&#8217;s seven prefectures in 2023, totaling 84,927. Okinawa, previously experiencing natural population growth until 2021, recorded a 7.5% decline to 13,088 births, marking its second consecutive year of natural population decrease. All prefectures in the Kyushu-Okinawa region witnessed a decline in births, with Nagasaki and Miyazaki facing the highest reduction rates at 9.0% each. The region&#8217;s death numbers further exacerbate the demographic challenge, highlighting a pressing need for strategies to reverse this trend. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhlw.go.jp\/toukei\/saikin\/hw\/jinkou\/geppo\/s2023\/dl\/202312.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_cloudy-hakata-may_2023_WEB-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu&#039;s Births Drop 6.3%, Continuing Population Decline\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_cloudy-hakata-may_2023_WEB-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_cloudy-hakata-may_2023_WEB-002.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_cloudy-hakata-may_2023_WEB-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_cloudy-hakata-may_2023_WEB-002.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &#038; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>free weekly newsletter<\/a> today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/>this <b>form<\/b>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest preliminary report from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare shows a 6.3% decrease in births across Kyushu&#8217;s seven prefectures in 2023, totaling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":160342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-160334","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/160334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}