Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare reported on Sunday that a record 22,878 babies were born to foreign parents in 2024, accounting for over three percent of all newborns.
The ministry’s data showed a surge in foreign births that might be considered modest in many other countries, but will likely prompt controversy in Japan, where many citizens are nervous about the prospect of using mass migration to cover for the nation’s sharp demographic decline.
According to the Ministry of Health, foreign births have increased by 50 percent over the past decade, while births to Japanese parents are in steep decline.
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