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Japan’s economy is under pressure from rising energy prices and defence costs and the impact of the pandemic. Plummeting birth rates and an ageing population further threaten the sustainability of its labour market. A 2023 study by independent thinktank the Recruit Works Institute points to a labour supply shortage of…

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed his resolve to promote paternity leave during a speech on Sunday at Waseda University, his alma mater.

Miriam Cates said falling birth rates were ‘the one overarching threat’ to Western society.

Pilot projects will be launched in more than 20 Chinese cities to encourage women to marry and have children, the latest move by authorities to boost the country's falling birth rate.

China will launch pilot projects in more than 20 cities to create a "new-era" marriage and childbearing culture to foster a friendly child bearing environment, the latest move by authorities to boost the country's falling birth rate.

The U.S. birth rate is falling–yet maternal mortality is rising at an alarming rate.

Pope Francis has warned that only the rich can afford to have children in Italy which is leading to a rapidly declining population — and pets replacing

Pope Francis has joined Italy’s conservative premier in encouraging Italians to have more children after Italy registered a record low birth rate last year

Italy's school population will shrink by one million in the coming decade because of the plunging birth rate and continuing brain drain, the education minister said on Thursday.