More than 60% of unmarried adults under the age of 30 in Japan do not want children, as they are concerned about economic burdens and career disruption, according to recent findings by a major pharmaceutical company.
Rohto Pharmaceutical conducted an online poll of 400 unmarried men and women between ages 18 and 29 in December as part of its annual survey on pregnancy and family planning.
The figure reached 62.6% in 2025, jumping 18 percentage points from 2020, when the annual survey first asked the question.
And the percentage of unmarried female respondents who did not want children surpassed that of men for the first time. Nearly 65% of women said that they did not feel inclined to have children — the highest rate on record — while the percentage was 60.7％ among male respondents.
More than 70% of women surveyed said they were concerned about the financial burden of having a child, compared with 63.2% for men.
as they are concerned about economic burdens and career disruption, according to recent findings by a major pharmaceutical company.
