The coronavirus pandemic has caused a major decline in the number of new marriages in Japan, with there expected to be some 150,000 fewer newly wedded couples than expected in the three years to the end of 2022, a recent study showed. The fall, believed to be a result of…
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a major decline in the number of new marriages in Japan, with there expected to be some 150,000 fewer newly wedded couples than expected in the three years to the end of 2022, a recent study shows.
Some experts are optimistic that more treatment options, a high vaccination rate and and a so-far lower mortality rate could herald a transition from pandemic to endemic.
While the new highly transmissible omicron variant has appeared in the country, the overall transmission rate of the virus and coronavirus-related deaths in Japan have remained low.