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

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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.

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 ...

In Japan the total number of children aged ... One Japanese expert on demographic trends has warned that if the birth rate continues its current rate of decline, the nation will be left with ...