The Bangkok Post on MSN5d
Experts urge action as declining birth rate set to hit Thai workforce
The government must take immediate action to reverse Thailand's declining birth rate, an expert warned, saying that if the ...
The American Conservative5d
A Dispatch from Japan 2025
Japan leads the world in per capita sales of adult diapers. Japan’s population is getting so old that one major diaper manufacturer is now making products only for adults, not for babies. Japan’s ...
El País in English11d
Japan struggles to address growing number of empty houses
Nearly nine million homes remain abandoned, even in Tokyo, where officials on bikes keep an eye on empty buildings so they ...
朝日新聞社7d
EDITORIAL: Continuing drop in birth rates a crisis that affects everyone
Japan’s already low birth rates have further declined ... but efforts are also needed to correct the current situation that places a disproportionate burden on women. To move forward will ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel8d
Wisconsin road funding could change under Sean Duffy's order to prioritize higher birth, marriage rates
Among the orders was one directing federal DOT officials to give preference to “communities with marriage and birth rates ... funding than current levels. Wisconsin's fertility rate ranks ...
朝日新聞社2d
Tokyo finds itself alone in Japan with fertility rate under 1.00
Tokyo’s total fertility rate, or the number of children a woman is expected to give birth to during her lifetime ... the only prefecture in Japan that failed to reach 1.00, according to data ...
In numbers: Five graphs that show how the UK population will surge by 5 million in 10 years
This net growth of 4.9 million people is forecast to be be entirely made up of migration, with the number of deaths projected ...
South Korea Issues Update on Yearslong Birth Rate Crisis
The East Asian country posted 240,000 births last year, according to preliminary estimates, boosting the country's fertility rate to 0.75 from 0.72 in 2023. A fertility rate of 2.1 births expected per ...
The Financial Times24d
Falling birth rates raise prospect of sharp decline in living standards
A McKinsey report investigating the economic impact of declines in birth rates ... Japan, Italy and Greece — along with China and many central and eastern European countries. “Our current ...
UCA News26d
Indian Catholic leaders echo concern over falling birth rates
Naidu, who represents the city of Kuppam in the state legislature, was shocked to find the birth rate in his constituency had fallen to 1.5 — below the national average of 2. India’s current ...
Falling birth rates raise prospect of sharp decline in living standards
People will need to produce more and work longer to plug growth gap left by women having fewer babies, report says ...
The Independent25d
Japanese fathers should be forced to take childcare leave, expert says
“As a result, the birth rate has fallen ... open image in gallery Hiroshi Yoshida warns that if Japan’s birthrate continues its current decline, the nation will be left with only ...