This photograph taken on Aug. 23, 2018, shows a teddy bear and a pair of nappies on a clothes line in a studio in Paris.TOKYO, Japan — Japan's plummeting birth rate has led a diaper manufacturer to stop making them for babies at home and instead ramp up production for adults, the company said Tuesday.
The number of births in Japan dropped to a new low in 2023, with more than twice as many deaths as new babies. Oji Holdings, which also makes other paper products, said it would however "maintain and expand" baby diaper production and sales overseas, including in Indonesia and Malaysia, citing expectations of growth there.
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