Japan's Low Fertility

Earlier this month the Japanese Health Ministry revealed that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) recorded in Japan rose slightly - to 1.32 babies per woman - in 2006, a figure which is up from the record low ever of 1.26 recorded in 2005.Japan's fertility rate rose last year for the first time in six years in 2006, while the number of suicides fell below the 30,000-case mark for the first time in