01-02-2007, 11:35 AM
<b>Japan births rise for 1st time in 6 years </b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Based on that data, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun calculated the birth rate for last year at 1.29 babies per women, up slightly from a record low of 1.26 in 2005. Despite the increase, the rate is still far below the 2.1 rate needed to keep the population steady.
The figures also showed that 732,000 couples were married last year, 18,000 more than in 2005, while divorces fell by 4,000 to 258,000.
Japan has been scrambling to implement measures to persuade couples to have more children<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not related to India, but it is a positive trend in Nippon.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Based on that data, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun calculated the birth rate for last year at 1.29 babies per women, up slightly from a record low of 1.26 in 2005. Despite the increase, the rate is still far below the 2.1 rate needed to keep the population steady.
The figures also showed that 732,000 couples were married last year, 18,000 more than in 2005, while divorces fell by 4,000 to 258,000.
Japan has been scrambling to implement measures to persuade couples to have more children<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not related to India, but it is a positive trend in Nippon.