A falling birth rate doesn’t mean the end of civilization. Just look at how Japan is handling it. James Pethokoukis is a ...

When exploring Kyoto, head to an iconic neighborhood in the heart of the city, boasting iconic art museums and a Shinto ...

Japan’s fertility has declined in the past three decades. Raising Japan’s fertility rate is a key policy priority for the government. Using cross-country analysis and case studies, this paper finds ...

The fertility rate calculated by the health ministry — 1.26 in 2022 — is a key benchmark in gauging Japan’s depopulation and comparing its progress with other countries. But the actual birth ...

ISTANBUL. Japan saw a record low fertility rate last year, dropping to 1.15, down 0.05 points from 2023, government data showed, as the number of babies born has fallen for nine consecutive years ...

Japan's birth rate fell for the eighth year in 2023, deepening a population crisis that has confounded policymakers and threatens the viability of the world's fourth-largest economy.

In Japan, however, the struggle to overcome fertility through technological interventions is outstanding. For instance, Japan, with a population of 127 million, has 474 medical institutions (including ...

Last year, Japan’s fertility rate stood at 1.2. In Tokyo, the rate is now less than one. The number of babies born in Japan last year fell to the lowest level since the government started ...

Fertility Startups in Japan Step In as Treatment Demand Soars. Women undergoing treatment often forced to step back at work; Government increasing IVF support amid record low birth rate ...

Representation of women in senior management roles is less than 15 percent in both Japan and Korea, among the lowest in G20 countries. What are some of the conditions in and outside the workplace that ...

TOKYO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Japan's fertility rate reached a record low of 1.20 in 2023, the lowest since record-keeping began in 1947, government data showed Wednesday. The total fertility rate ...

Japan announced this week that as many as a third of 18-year-old women may never have children, due to a 'sex recession' that has seen Japan's fertility rate drop to 1.34 births per woman.