Half of women born in Japan's 2nd postwar baby boom childless till 30
March 3, 2006More than half the women born during Japan's second postwar baby boom from 1971 to 1974 had not had any children until they reached the age of 30, according to vital statistics released Friday by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. Coupled with an earlier prediction that the number of women of childbearing age, designated as 15 to 49, will continue to decrease in the coming 10 or more years, the ministry is concerned that the trend of falling birthrate will accelerate.