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The world's population is growing but in some countries birth rates are plummeting - so do we have too many people or too few ...

Japan will be down to its last child in 695 years, according to a university's "population clock"—a thought experiment and grim portent as the country's birth rate edges closer to the point of ...

It’s the second family-friendly policy out of Tokyo, following the municipal government’s decision to offer a four-day ...

Japan’s already low birth rates have further declined. Last year, the nation’s “total fertility rate,” which indicates the number of children a woman is expected to give birth to during ...