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More Americans dying than being born? US hits demographic tipping point by 2030America faces a demographic shift. By 2030, more people will die than be born. This trend is driven by falling birth rates and reduced immi...
This country is home to nearly 1 lakh people over 100, and you too can adopt their secrets to live a longer, healthier lifeJapan is home to nearly 100,000 centenarians, with women making up 88 percent and the oldest living person being 114-year-old Shigeko Kagaw...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Japan faces shortage of almost a million foreign workers in 2040, think tank saysAt the current pace, 5.91 million foreign people will be working in Japan in 2040, almost one million short of the foreign workforce needed...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Japan's business owners can't find successors. This man gave his away.As the country’s birthrate has plummeted and its population has grown older, the average age of business owners has risen to around 62. Nea...
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 ...
Almost half of Japanese people aren't having sex - and it could endanger the global economyThe Japanese press has taken to calling it sekkusu shinai shokogun: celibacy syndrome. Basically, the country just isn't that interested in...
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.
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Global investors have been buying Japanese stocks as major Japanese companies boost investment.
- Int'l toy show opens, features 36,000 toys from around world
An international toy show opened in Tokyo Thursday, displaying about 36,000 toys from around the world.
- 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...
- 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...