Seoul, Tokyo stress S. Korea–US–Japan cooperation on NK denuclearization

President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday emphasized the importance of South Korea–Japan ...

Seoul, Tokyo emphasize Korea–U.S.–Japan cooperation on denuclearization

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday underscored the growing importance ...

The world has a new lowest birth rate

Taiwan has overtaken South Korea to record the world’s lowest birth rate, according to newly released government data.
Nikkei Asia

China births seen sinking under 9m, a decade after end of one-child policy

BEIJING -- Births in China likely fell below 9 million for the first time in 2025, according to expert forecasts, driven ...
Japan Today

China's birth-rate push sputters as couples stay child-free

Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives to boost its flagging birth rate ...

How to make immigration palatable in a populist age

How should temporary-migration schemes operate? Despite their upsides, existing programmes have limitations. Looking at ...
The Purdue Exponent

Vietnamese caught in Japan's illegal worker crackdown

For a decade, Vietnamese worker Minh did tough jobs like sandblasting ships and welding steel, helping address rapidly ageing ...
Opinion

Collapsing birth rates may be the biggest challenge of our era

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.

Countries with the Highest Number of Newborns in 2025

Understanding where the highest number of newborns will occur can shed light on the changing dynamics of our world. The Demographic Shift: A Global Perspective As we look towards 2025, the statistics ...