The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899. The government data ...

Read More: Why Women in Asia Are Having Fewer Babies A diminishing population poses multiple challenges for the country ... Still, it’s unclear if Japan can continue to accommodate the same ...

Japan's aging population and declining birth rate pose a challenge for Asia's second-largest economy, threatening to strain its social welfare system. These trends have driven both the national ...

Structural population problems are a challenge for any one leader to resolve, but the future fallout will be borne by all. It wasn't so long ago that the perceived threat of Japan's industrial ...

Adding foreigners to the total, Japan's population stood at 123.8 million ... and Taiwan are grappling with similar challenges as they struggle to encourage childbirth amid demanding work cultures ...

This means that Japan's population is shrinking rapidly, which poses significant challenges to the country's economy and social welfare systems. The decline in births is driven by several factors, ...

Japan may face a shortage of more than 11 million workers by 2040, a study has found, underscoring the economic challenges the nation faces as its population ages rapidly. The working age ...

The number of children in Japan has dropped to another record, in a stark reminder of the demographic challenges that are weighing on Asia’s second biggest economy. The population of kids 14 ...

The findings, published in Science Advances in April 2024, challenge the longstanding belief that there were two main ...

Faced with a falling birthrate and an aging population, labor-starved Japan is hungry for foreign ... but boosting immigration comes with challenges. The weakness of the Japanese yen, as well ...

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (AFP) — Shigeru Ishiba, who became Japan's prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Tuesday, will face five key challenges in the job ... Japan has the world's oldest ...