China introduces subsidy to spur population growthThe government will spend 3,600 yuan ($502) a year per child under age three, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The assistance,...
28 Jul, 2025, 11.28 PM IST
The country that once limited babies is now paying for themChina birthrate: China plans to give cash to families to encourage childbirth. Each child will get 3,600 yuan yearly until age three, start...
04 Jul, 2025, 12.17 PM IST
$5,000 'baby bonus': Trump admin works to convince American women to have more children as birthrates declineThe Trump administration is exploring pronatalist policies to address declining birthrates, including baby bonuses and incentives for marri...
22 Apr, 2025, 01.38 PM IST
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 allow only individuals with more than two children to contest local body polls: Andhra CM Chandrababu NaiduAndhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu suggests only those with over two children can become sarpanch, municipal councillors, or mayors to a...
16 Jan, 2025, 11.56 AM 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
China's 'silver economy' is thriving as birthrate plungesIn response to China's declining birthrate, businesses are shifting focus from children to the elderly. Li Dongmei, who once ran kindergart...
17 Sep, 2024, 10.43 AM IST
Three is best: How China's family planning propaganda has changedChina's one-child policy, once strictly enforced, has transitioned to promoting a pro-birth culture. However, birthrates continue to declin...
11 Mar, 2024, 10.27 AM 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
Polish leader blames low birthrate on women using alcoholKaczynski, leader of the populist ruling party, Law and Justice, made his remark on the weekend as he travels around the country seeking to...
07 Nov, 2022, 05.43 PM 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
Drop in Xinjiang birthrate largest in recent history: ReportThe report from the Australian Strategy Policy Institute, obtained exclusively ahead of publication by The Associated Press, showed the 48....
12 May, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
China considers new actions to lift flagging birthrateFor decades, China enforced strict controls on additional births in the name of preserving scarce resources for its burgeoning economy. But...
19 Feb, 2021, 03.12 PM 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