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Show uo JAPAN BIRTH RATE FALLING GRADUALLY TOKIO, Sept. 20 (Correspondence of the Associated Press) Th- blrtii rat, in Japan has been falling gradually grad-ually since 1914, according to an official of-ficial of the national census board. The rate remains higher than the mountain countries from which statistics sta-tistics are available, despite the decrease de-crease Infant mortality is also extremely high In Japan, so the increase ln population pop-ulation Is not as great as the birth rate figures would suggest Thirty years ago the birth rate In Japan stood 29 7 per thousand In in-. in-. reaped In five years to 31 and in another an-other five years to 33.1. then to 36 S and subsequently to 36 . this high point being reached in 1013 The peak passed with 1914, figures being ?4 S then 1919 figures 33 9 and 1920, 33. |