Japan, already a world leader in pro-natal policy, must dramatically boost child allowances to make a difference, an analyst ...

East Asia is home to some of the lowest birth rates globally. The trend, coupled with rapidly aging populations, strains ...

Japan faces record-low births in 2025 as Tokyo loses title of world’s most populous city, deepening demographic crisis ...

Those estimates, compiled by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research and last updated in 2023, had ...

We are still in the season of prognostications about the year ahead. But I gave my forecasts for 2026 last week. Today I am looking much further into the future, examining our demographic prospects.