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Sato will become the only option by 2531, suggests modelling as part of campaign to overturn outdated law requiring spouses to have same surnameJapanese citizens will all have the same family name in 500 years’ time unless married couples are permitted…
Read MoreAverage number of births per woman falls to 0.72 in country that already has the world’s lowest rate, and has spent billions since 2006 to reverse the trendSouth Korea’s demographic crisis has deepened with the release of data showing its birthrate – a…
Read MoreExpense and challenge of balancing work and family life key factors in declining birthrate and shrinking populationChina is one of the most expensive places in the world to raise a child, outstripping the US and Japan in relative terms, a prominent Chi…
Read MorePopulation data shows drop of almost three million in 2023China’s population decline has accelerated, with a second year of record-low birthrates.The total number of people in China dropped by 2.75 million – or 0.2% – to 1.409 billion in 2023, the Nati…
Read MoreŌizumi has welcomed foreign workers and boasts everything from Brazilian supermarkets to Turkish kebab shopsAn unassuming industrial town in Japan, far from the busy tourist hubs of Tokyo and Kyoto, is in the middle of an unprecedented social transform…
Read MorePoll comes as Beijing is urgently trying an array of measures to lift the country’s birth rate including financial incentivesChina’s National Bureau of Statistics will conduct a nationwide sample survey in November to help better plan population polici…
Read MoreRecent shutdown of obstetrics units not officially linked with falling birth rate – but online commentators speculateA number of hospital obstetrics units in China have closed, prompting discussion about the effects of China’s dramatically falling birt…
Read MoreWith millennials putting off children due to cost of living pressures, China’s economy could be derailed by its growing number of grey hairsJobs, local services and welfare strain under economy’s structural faultsCici, 27, doesn’t want to have a baby u…
Read MoreChina’s eastern county of Changshan has made the offer in an effort to promote ‘age-appropriate marriage and childbearing’A county in eastern China is offering couples a “reward” of 1,000 yuan ($137) if the bride is aged 25 or younger, the latest in a …
Read MoreFigure fell from 1.15 in 2021 to 1.09, the lowest of any country with a population over 100 millionChina’s fertility rate dropped to an estimated record low of 1.09 in 2022, the lowest of any country with a population over 100 million, according to gov…
Read MoreChanging demographics are affecting nearly every part of society, while efforts to turn around the decline have so far had little impactEvery one of Japan’s 47 prefectures posted a population drop in 2022, while the total number of Japanese people fell…
Read MoreNumber of couples tying knot fell 800,000 in 2022 amid birthrate ‘crisis’The number of marriages in China last year dropped to 6.83 million, the lowest since records began in 1986.Data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed the number of coup…
Read MoreFertility rate is more than twice the national average and nearly half of households have three or more children – thanks in no small part to generous daycare and an all-in approach to raising familiesSet against mountains and forests, Nagi basks benea…
Read MoreGerman magazine accused of putting down India with caricature depicting population overtaking ChinaA cartoon in the German magazine Der Spiegel poking fun at India as it becomes more populous than China has been castigated as “racist” by Indian ministe…
Read MoreFive schools preparing to close, according to local report, with others made to merge amid falling school enrolment numbersHong Kong schools are being forced to merge or prepare for closure as a decade-long decline in the birthrate and a recent exodus …
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