SCIENCE said:

dv said:

This is the Fire Horse year in the 60 year cycle of Chinese astrology.

There is a superstition in Japan about birth in such a year. In 1966 there was a 25% drop in the number of births.

It will be interesting to see whether there is any effect in 2026.

well as yous can see there wasn’t any compensatory rush to earlier birthing so much less

Those crazy Japanese and their bizarre appropriation of Chinese culture.