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日本政府は最新の統計で子供の数が最低を記録し、それは３４年間連続減少してお
り、他の人口に対する子供の割合は１９７５年以来ずっと減り続けていると発表し
た。内務省の発表では４月１日時点で15才以下の子供の数は１６００万１７００人で１年で１６
万人減ってしまった。１年間で子供が増えたのは東京だけで１万４０００人増えた
が、他の道府県はいずれも減少か横ばいであった。私は子供が増えて欲しいと願って
いるが困難な問題が多く、先行きは厳しい。各人が真剣に考え政治家もこの緊迫した
問題に真剣に取り組んでもらいたいと思う。

Japan's government says the number of children currently in the country is
the lowest on record. The figure has been falling for 34 straight years, and
the ratio of children to the rest of the population has been decreasing
since 1975.
Officials at the ministry of internal affairs say the number of people
under 15 was an estimated 16.17 million as of April 1st. That number
represents a decline of 160,000 in one year.
The only prefecture with a year-on-year increase in children was Tokyo,
where the number went up by 14,000. The child population in every other
prefecture was down or largely unchanged
I hope to increase the number of children, but there are many hard problems
and the future is not so rosy.　Each person should think about this problem
earnestly and the politician also should effort toward this electric
problem.