East Asia is home to some of the lowest birth rates globally. The trend, coupled with rapidly aging populations, strains ...

Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, fertility rates have not bounced back. NPR speaks with journalist Cindy Yu ...

Japan, already a world leader in pro-natal policy, must dramatically boost child allowances to make a difference, an analyst ...

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.

Those estimates, compiled by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research and last updated in 2023, had ...

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 ...

People in China will pay a 13% sales tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while childcare services will be exempt, as the ...

Japan faces record-low births in 2025 as Tokyo loses title of world’s most populous city, deepening demographic crisis ...

From South Korea to Lithuania, discover the five OECD countries where fertility rates are sharply decreasing compared to 1950 ...

China has imposed a 13% tax on contraceptives while exempting childcare services, triggering debate over whether fiscal ...