Geopolitics on Instagram: "Japan's birth rate has reached critically low levels, highlighting one of the most severe demographic challenges among developed nations. As of late 2025/early 2026 data:Japan's total fertility rate (TFR) — the average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime — is around 1.2 births per woman (with some estimates citing 1.20 in 2025, down from higher levels in prior decades like ~1.4 in the 2010s). The crude birth rate (live births per 1,000 people) is ap