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 ...

China, following Japan and South Korea, has entered an era of full-fledged population decline. What should be done to halt ...

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 ...

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

TOKYO/HANOI -- Japanese companies are accelerating their drive to snag overseas talent by offering corporate-sponsored ...

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Japan has been facing several economic challenges which have been contributing to Japan’s stagnating economy. Japan has experienced supply chain issues, rising labor costs, poor birth rate numbers and ...

A McKinsey report investigating the economic impact of declines in birth rates found that the UK, Germany, Japan and the US would all have to see productivity rise at double the pace seen over the ...