With record-low births, rising deaths, and entrenched gender norms, Japan is struggling to address its ‘quiet emergency’ ...

South Korea's active-duty force now numbers 450,000, down by about 110,000 from 2019, with 17 divisions having been disbanded or merged. The figures come from a joint report by the Defense Ministry ...

Japan's population crisis, characterised by plummeting birth rates and an increasing proportion of elderly citizens, ...

The country's total fertility rate fell to 1.15 in 2024 from 1.2 the previous year, despite extensive local and central ...

Japan faces a severe population decline, with over 900,000 deaths in 2024 and a record low birth rate of 686,061. Prime ...