New Report Highlights , Japan's Population Concerns.<br />Fox News reports that nearly a third of <br />18-year-old women in Japan may never <br />have children, according to new data.<br />According to the National Institute of Population <br />and Social Security Research (IPSS), 33.4% <br />of women born in 2005 will remain childless. .<br />The August 30 report's most optimistic scenario <br />saw 24.6% of women that age not having <br />children. The worst outcome was as high as 46%.<br />In June, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to <br />deal with the population crisis with measures that include <br />larger payouts for families with three or more children. .<br />In June, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to <br />deal with the population crisis with measures that include <br />larger payouts for families with three or more children. .<br />According to a Kyodo News poll, approximately <br />two-thirds of people in Japan do not feel hopeful <br />that the government's policies will be effective.<br />The survey reportedly shows that <br />the number of children in Japan has <br />been declining for over forty years. .<br />Fox News reports that the IPSS based <br />its report on factors like age of marriage <br />when estimating future fertility rates. .<br />According to Miho Iwasawa, the IPSS's director of <br />population dynamics research, the decline in births can <br />be attributed to people getting married later in life.<br />The cost of raising children is also a factor. Between 1975 and 2021, data shows that tuition <br />at private universities in Japan increased five-fold.<br />According to the IPSS, Japan's current <br />population of 126.15 million is projected <br />to drop to 87 million by the year 2070
