Japan's fertility rate inched up for the third year in a row in 2008,but its ageing population still shrank,with 51,300 more deaths than births,a report from the health ministry showed on Wednesday.
With a population of 127.6 million,Japan faces serious economic consequences as it expects over a quarter of its citizens to be aged over 65 by 2015.
The population is expected to shrink by a third within 50 years if current trends continue.
[Translation from English to Japanese ] Japan's fertility rate inched up for the third year in a row in 2008,but its ...
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