Vietnam abolished its long-running two-child policy in June 2025 after decades of strict enforcement, especially among Communist ...

At least four people have been injured following an explosion near a U.S. military air base in Japan. Local and defense ...

At the moment I feel like Britain has a confluence of problems. There is no one single issue which is damaging the nation; ...

Japan's population decline is accelerating much faster than predicted by the government. The nation cannot afford to ignore ...

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income country, a crisis perpetuated by the lack of ...

Record-low births and an ageing population are driving Japan to implement urgent measures to encourage marriage and boost ...

Experts had predicted that annual births would fall to around 680,000 by the late 2030s. Japan has reached this point 15 years earlier than expected.

Japan's steadily declining births and overall aging population present serious long-term risks, threatening to sap the ...

Japan's birth rate has hit a historic low as annual births fell below 700,000 for the first time. Experts have warned of long ...

The Health Ministry said 686,061 babies were born in Japan in 2024, down 5.7 per cent from the previous year and the first ...

The South Korean economy is showing increasing similarities to Japan's past stagnation, and bold structural reforms, along with ...