Japan’s birthrate hits new low: Expert warns only one teenager will be left by THIS year in world's 4th biggest economyJapan faces a severe demographic crisis with a record low birthrate, a shrinking workforce, and rising social security costs. Government me...
27 Feb, 2025, 07.43 PM IST
Will Elon Musk, who warned about declining birthrates, slash taxes for mothers with multiple children?Elon Musk praised Hungary’s new tax relief policy for mothers with two or more children. Musk, a vocal advocate for addressing declining bi...
24 Feb, 2025, 09.25 PM IST
More countries, including China, are grappling with shrinking and aging populationsCountries grappling with population decline and aging issues offer financial incentives to encourage childbirth. China, Japan, Italy, and S...
17 Jan, 2025, 10.06 AM IST
After China and Japan, now Russia is offering 100,000 roubles to female students under 25 to have babiesRussia has introduced measures to increase birth rates by offering financial incentives to female students under 25 who give birth. This po...
09 Jan, 2025, 12.50 PM IST
Japanese lawmaker's bizarre comments on women to tackle country's declining birthrate is viralJapanese lawmaker Naoki Hyakuta is facing severe criticism after he made controversial and bizarre remarks about women in a YouTube program...
13 Nov, 2024, 04.54 PM IST
Japan expands its foreign worker visa programme for the first time since inceptionThe Japanese government has expanded the skilled worker visa program to address labor shortages by admitting up to 820,000 foreigners in va...
30 Mar, 2024, 07.29 AM IST
Why is Japan grappling with record-low birth rates? Here’s what the govt saidJapan faces a significant demographic challenge, with the country's birth rate hitting a record low for the eighth consecutive year. The mo...
02 Mar, 2024, 12.59 AM IST
Tokyo Gas joins race to acquire stake in Think Gas DistributionTokyo Gas, Japan's largest city gas provider, is in the running to acquire a minority stake in Think Gas Distribution, an Indian natural ga...
28 Nov, 2023, 11.12 PM IST
Marriage, money and maternity: A third of young women in Japan may never have children, says studyAround 33.4% of women born in 2005 in Japan may never have children, according to the National Institute of Population and Social Security ...
30 Aug, 2023, 06.58 PM IST
Why China's shrinking population is a problem for everyoneChina's population decline, which will soon make India the most populous nation, will have significant effects on its economy and global br...
19 Apr, 2023, 01.19 PM IST
Japan PM Fumio Kishida under fire for linking loans to having babiesKishida has pledged "unprecedented" measures to tackle the country's perennially low birthrate, and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is r...
04 Mar, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
Can China reverse its population decline? Just ask SwedenWith 850,000 fewer births than deaths last year, at least according to the country's official report, China joined an expanding set of nati...
13 Feb, 2023, 11.05 AM IST
Musk tweet on Japan doomed by low birthrate provokes anger - but not just at himThe comment hit a nerve among Japan watchers and in Japan, whose population peaked in 2008 and has declined since due to its low birthrate ...
09 May, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
Fumio Kishida to be approved Japan's next Prime MinisterThe soft-spoken scion of a Hiroshima political family, Kishida beat popular vaccine chief Taro Kono to win leadership of the ruling Liberal...
04 Oct, 2021, 08.49 AM IST
Japan aims to keep population at 100 million 50 years laterPopulation of Japan is projected to fall to about 87 million in the year 2060 if the nation's birthrate continues to remains low.
13 May, 2014, 04.48 PM IST
- Japan to face labour shortage by 2050
Japan’s workforce may shrink by more than one-third by 2050 if the country fails to halt a declining birth-rate, the government said Tuesda...
23 Apr, 2008, 05.42 AM IST
- Japan's workforce may shrink by third by 2050
Japan's workforce may shrink by more than one-third by 2050 if the country fails to halt a declining birthrate, the Japanese government sai...
22 Apr, 2008, 04.57 PM IST