{"id":163453,"date":"2024-06-06T13:34:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T04:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=163453&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-06-06T13:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T04:34:59","slug":"birth-rate-in-okinawa-still-highest-in-nation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/birth-rate-in-okinawa-still-highest-in-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth Rate in Okinawa Still Highest in Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the total fertility rates across all Kyushu and Okinawa prefectures decreased in 2023, though each remains above the national average of 1.20. Okinawa\u2019s rate is the highest at 1.60 despite a 0.1 point drop. Fukuoka Prefecture\u2019s rate fell 0.07 points to 1.26, the lowest in the region. Efforts such as marriage support events and childcare initiatives are ongoing to address the declining birth rate. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhlw.go.jp\/toukei\/saikin\/hw\/jinkou\/geppo\/nengai23\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare<\/span><\/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\/06\/fnn_kego-park-playground_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Birth Rate in Okinawa Still Highest in Nation\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_kego-park-playground_2023_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_kego-park-playground_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_kego-park-playground_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_kego-park-playground_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the total fertility rates across all Kyushu and Okinawa prefectures decreased in 2023, though each&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":163461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-163453","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/163453","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\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}