nick
01-02-2007, 03:27 AM
yahooJapanese births rose for the first time in six years in 2006, according to government statistics announced Monday, offering a glimmer of hope for a rapidly aging society. Japan's population shrank in 2005 for the first time on record, but preliminary data for 2006 showed there were 1.086 million births in Japan last year, 23,000 more than the previous year, the Health Ministry said Monday.
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