Japan's population decline is accelerating much faster than predicted by the government. The nation cannot afford to ignore ...

Record-low births and an ageing population are driving Japan to implement urgent measures to encourage marriage and boost ...

Experts had predicted that annual births would fall to around 680,000 by the late 2030s. Japan has reached this point 15 years earlier than expected.

Japan's steadily declining births and overall aging population present serious long-term risks, threatening to sap the ...

Japan's birth rate has hit a historic low as annual births fell below 700,000 for the first time. Experts have warned of long ...

The Health Ministry said 686,061 babies were born in Japan in 2024, down 5.7 per cent from the previous year and the first ...

The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People, labelled Eto's remarks as insensitive and denounced the government's handling of the rice crisis. A senior member of the Constitutional ...

Argentina's birth rate has declined by nearly 40% in the last decade, reaching its lowest level in more than 50 years in 2023 ...

The country's steadily declining births has Kim Jong Un worried, with earlier reports describing crackdowns on secret ...