Plunging births push Japanese diaper maker to switch to adult market

The number of births in Japan dropped to a new low in 2023, with more than twice as many deaths as new babies (Richard A. Brooks) 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. Oji Holdings will wrap up domestic output of infant diapers in September, after production dropped from a 2001 peak of around 700 million annually to 400 million today. "Demand for baby diapers is decreasing because of...