result japan 2024Japan's total fertility rate, or the average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime, dropped to a record-low 1.15 in 2025. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry saidJapan faces an uncertain political future after the longtime ruling LDP-Komeito coalition lost its majority in the Lower House in last weekend’s 2025 General Election —a snap election called for by the newly elected Prime