Population
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‘Society doesn’t want my kids’: China’s single women forced abroad to freeze their eggs
Calls grow for end to ban that means only married Chinese couples can access ‘social egg freezing’ servicesWhe…
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Empty classrooms, silent halls: Taiwan’s declining birthrate forces schools to close
Authorities fear looming economic crises caused by an expanding elderly population without enough workers to s…
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South Korea thinktank suggests girls start school earlier to raise birthrate
Critics label as ‘absurd’ idea from government-backed thinktank as country seeks to address population decline…
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Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor
Sato will become the only option by 2531, suggests modelling as part of campaign to overturn outdated law requ…
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South Korea’s fertility rate sinks to record low despite $270bn in incentives
Average number of births per woman falls to 0.72 in country that already has the world’s lowest rate, and has …
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Cost of raising children in China second-highest in world, thinktank reveals
Expense and challenge of balancing work and family life key factors in declining birthrate and shrinking popul…
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China population decline accelerates as birthrate hits record low
Population data shows drop of almost three million in 2023China’s population decline has accelerated, with a s…
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Japan, with a twist: the provincial town that hosts people from 49 countries
Ōizumi has welcomed foreign workers and boasts everything from Brazilian supermarkets to Turkish kebab shopsAn…
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China to hold nationwide survey on population changes as birthrate plummets
Poll comes as Beijing is urgently trying an array of measures to lift the country’s birth rate including finan…
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Closure of maternity wards fuels Chinese debate over population decline
Recent shutdown of obstetrics units not officially linked with falling birth rate – but online commentators sp…
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Beijing’s demographic crisis means China could get old before it gets rich
With millennials putting off children due to cost of living pressures, China’s economy could be derailed by it…
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China region offers cash ‘rewards’ for newlyweds if bride is under 25
China’s eastern county of Changshan has made the offer in an effort to promote ‘age-appropriate marriage and c…
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China’s fertility rate dropped to record low in 2022, estimates show
Figure fell from 1.15 in 2021 to 1.09, the lowest of any country with a population over 100 millionChina’s fer…
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Japan’s population drops by nearly 800,000 with falls in every prefecture for the first time
Changing demographics are affecting nearly every part of society, while efforts to turn around the decline hav…
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Marriages in China drop to record low despite government push
Number of couples tying knot fell 800,000 in 2022 amid birthrate ‘crisis’The number of marriages in China last…