Japan has introduced new rules on the names parents can give their children with restrictions on the pronunciation of kanji ...

Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years. 2025 marks the tipping point when the rising costs outstrip the country's ...

Japan is likely to cover parents’ hospital fees for childbirth from April 2026 as the country struggles to reverse its falling birth rate. A panel of experts tasked with examining ways to ease ...

TOKYO – Japan’s Health Ministry is set to eliminate out-of-pocket payments associated with child delivery, possibly from April 2026, to address the country’s declining birth rate.

The current fertility rate in America is less than the replacement rate of 2.1 − the number of children each woman needs to birth in order to prevent a decline in the U.S. population.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Japanese government is preparing to make standard childbirth free of charge starting April 2026. This concrete effort aims to address the country's demographic crisis, driven ...

A deeper transformation of Japan’s work culture is essential to address falling birth rates, says political scientist Yasuo ...

Japan’s already low birth rates have further ... Increasing the uptake rate of paternity leave is one thing, but efforts are also needed to correct the current situation that places a ...

Japan’s “quiet quitting” trend reflects a growing generational shift in workplace values, as young professionals increasingly ...

A new study published April 30 in PLOS ONE finds that families need to have an average of 2.7 children to avoid extinction — ...