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BIRTHRATE

Declining birth rates in China are driven by a myriad of causes, such as a shrinking childbearing-age population, lifestyle changes, the one-child policy¡¯s lasting effects, an oversupply of men and high youth unemployment.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2025
Why China¡¯s marriage crisis matters
According to China¡¯s 2020 census, 61% of babies are born to women aged 20 to 30. But the number of women in this cohort dropped from 111 million in 2012 to 73 million in 2024.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 14, 2018
Tokyo still world¡¯s largest city but Delhi forecast to pass it in 10 years
For now, Tokyo is still the world¡¯s largest city with 37 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area, according to data released by the United Nations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 19, 2018
Reversing Â鶹´«Ã½ demographic nosedive
Many steps can be taken to boost the shrinking population.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 10, 2017
Â鶹´«Ã½ population projected to plunge to 88 million by 2065
The population of Japan is expected to plunge to 88.08 million in 2065, a roughly 30 percent fall from the 2015 level, according to a government-affiliated research institute.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 8, 2017
Japan suffers from the grand illusion of prosperity
There are so many reasons to hate your job, if you¡¯re lucky enough to have one. The top four, according to Spa! magazine, are: stagnant salaries; a sense of being underappreciated and underevaluated; an overriding, unfocused anxiety; and a lost sense of purpose.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 1, 2016
China could further ease childbirth curbs, says government think tank
China might further relax, or even scrap, restrictions on childbirth to avoid a ¡°low birthrate trap,¡± an influential government think tank has said, as the country debates how to avert a demographic time bomb.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2016
Japan won¡¯t go quietly into the night as population falls
For a nation that rebuilt itself from the ashes of war, the modern challenge of repopulation should surely not prove impossible.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 19, 2015
Â鶹´«Ã½ population problem
Â鶹´«Ã½ political and business leaders appear to be taking an ostrich-like approach to the severe demographic challenges that lie ahead.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 14, 2015
Taking a closer look at the child poverty rate
Finding relationships between poverty and academic performance requires a nuanced approach.
EDITORIALS
Nov 2, 2015
Beijing scraps the one-child policy
The one-child policy may be gone in China, but the the one-child mentality remains.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 29, 2015
Abe convenes panel to tackle low birthrate, aging population
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has tasked the panel of intellectuals and Cabinet members with providing ideas to overcome the demographics conundrum.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 22, 2015
Finding the right approach to sex education
Sex education in both Japanese and U.S. schools can stand a great deal of improvement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2015
Abe counts on Kato to reverse sliding birthrate, labor exodus in aging Japan
Prime Minister Abe is counting on his new minister in charge of population decline to inspire imitators. He¡¯s a father of four.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 8, 2015
Women¡¯s group pressures Suga to retract birthrate-related remark
The group is demanding the government¡¯s top spokesman retract a remark in which he said that giving birth is a ¡®form of contribution to the nation.¡¯
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2015
As Tokyo shrinks, Olympics may be last blast
Half a century ago, the Tokyo Olympics ushered in a golden age for Â鶹´«Ã½ capital, as industrial prowess made it the largest urban complex in history. Now the games are returning to mark the end of that growth.
EDITORIALS
Jun 21, 2015
Fertility rate dips again
Improving the employment situation for young people and working mothers is key to raising the nation¡¯s birthrate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jun 6, 2015
Law still a long way behind fertility boom
As the population declines, the number of domestic businesses involved in fertility is growing, giving birth to a slew of additional problems.
JAPAN / Society
May 16, 2015
Is Japan becoming extinct?
The projected drop in the country¡¯s population raises some fundamental questions about its political and social future.
JAPAN / Society
May 13, 2015
Japan Cabinet minister wary of opening ¡®Pandora¡¯s box¡¯ of immigration
The country should fix its shrinking workforce by enabling women to work, before turning to the ¡°Pandora¡¯s box¡± of immigration, the minister for the empowerment of women said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 7, 2015
Battling the low birthrate
Government efforts to increase the nation¡¯s birthrate must be sustained over the long-term to be successful.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Authorities urge continued caution after heavy rain in Chiba leaves eight dead
A local resident walks past a 7-Eleven convenience store in a flooded area after heavy rain in the city of Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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