Adding foreigners to the total, Japan's population stood at 123.8 million ... and Taiwan are grappling with similar challenges as they struggle to encourage childbirth amid demanding work cultures ...

The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899. The government data ...

Recent research suggests that prosperity does not inevitably lead to fewer children, and that rising female earnings are ...

The number of births dropped to about 686,000, marking the first time the figure has fallen below 700,000. Read more at ...

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In a 2024 article on Japan’s changing refugee policy in the Asia-Pacific Journal, Maximilien Xavier Rehm, a researcher at ...

Japan, the world’s fourth-largest economy, faces mounting debt with a government debt-to-GDP ratio near 260% and rising ...

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