Dropping birth rate not just China but Japan all-time low, South Korea, much of world

Dropping birth rate not just China but Japan all-time low, South Korea, much of world | the dropping birth rate is not just China. It's Japan's at an all-time low. South Korea, much much of the world other than Africa uh and parts of India is uh massive decline.

the dropping birth rate is not just China. It's Japan's at an all-time low. South Korea, much much of the world other than Africa uh and parts of India is uh massive decline.

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  "context": "the dropping birth rate is not just China. It's Japan's at an all-time low. South Korea, much much of the world other than Africa uh and parts of India is uh massive decline.",
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      "label": "Japan population shrinks by ~500,000 in single year",
      "notes": "HIT — Population decline of ~500K confirmed.",
      "source": "Fortune — Japan's population falls by half million as birth rate stays low",
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      "source": "Asia News Italy / Nikkei — Japan births decline 10 straight years to 705,809 in 2025",
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