Make it easier to raise children, say many Chinese after population falls
China's statistics bureau just released a report that showed the population fell for the first time since 1961 amid a lack of desire by young adults to start families.
India’s population has already overtaken China’s, analysts estimate
India, where half the population is under the age of 30, is set to be the world’s fastest-growing major economy in the coming years.
Families moving out of Tokyo to get up to ¥1 million per child
The increased amount will come on top of the maximum ¥3 million in base financial support already given to relocating families.
India’s looming demographic divide
As it prepares to overtake China as the world’s most populous country, India is struggling to harness the economic benefits of its declining mortality and fertility rates.
Bookstores vanish from Japan as population falls
With the number of shops dwindling operators are finding that in order to survive, they need to exercise ingenuity.
China marriages dive to record low as population pressures mount
The drop in marriages — along with a plummeting birth rate — is likely attributable to a decline in the population of young people.
The fertility crisis started in Japan, but it won’t stay here
A declining population and plummeting fertility rate isn’t a unique Japanese phenomenon. All rich countries will contend with this crisis.
‘Invest in Kishida’? Japan needs to persuade Elon Musk first.
How can Japan’s prime minister attract investors to a country that the world’s richest man says will one day ‘cease to exist’?
Elon Musk tweet on Japan doomed by low birthrate provokes anger — but not just at him
The flood of sarcasm and anger on Twitter was also directed at the Japanese government, which many said did little to address the issue.
Japan's child population drops for 41st year, hitting record low amid pandemic
As of Oct. 1, all 47 prefectures saw a decline in child population from the previous year, for the first time since 1999.
Japan logged record low number of newborns in 2021 with 842,897
Meanwhile, the number of deaths was 1,452,289, up 67,745 from the year before and the highest figure since the end of World War II.
A surging population brings risks for next host of global climate talks
Every child comes with its blessing, the Egyptian saying goes. With the country’s population now soaring beyond 100 million, that adage is being put to the test like never before.
