life-long childlessness - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:41:25 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg life-long childlessness - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Japan birth drive sparks online debate https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/03/30/japan-birth-drive-sparks-online-debate/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 04:51:53 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=157200 Japan's government has made tackling its falling birth rate a top priority, but with few women involved in official debate on the issue, some are making themselves heard on social media. Japan recorded fewer than 800,000 births last year, the lowest in the country of 125 million since records began. The prime minister has warned Read more

Japan birth drive sparks online debate... Read more]]> Japan's government has made tackling its falling birth rate a top priority, but with few women involved in official debate on the issue, some are making themselves heard on social media.

Japan recorded fewer than 800,000 births last year, the lowest in the country of 125 million since records began.

The prime minister has warned the trend threatens "whether we can continue to function as a society", and fresh focus on the issue has sparked countless articles.

But one in particular, noting Japan has the highest ratio in the OECD of women aged 50 who have never had children, triggered an outpouring of responses using the hashtag "life-long childlessness".

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