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Japan demographic woes deepen as birth rate hits record low

Japan's birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly.

Reuters

Don’t blame climate anxiety for declining birth rate

Letter: Michael Daniell says young people are simply choosing not to have children

The Guardian - UK

Bristol headteachers worried more primary schools could close

One primary school in Montpelier will close this summer after its pupil numbers fell

Bristol Post

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The baby bonus just does not work any more

I was one of five children -- not seen as a particularly big family in Newfoundland at the time -- and there was one year when we allegedly beat Guatemala to have the highest birth rate in the world. (That's probably not true, but people were proud of it anyway.)

Bangkok Post

Education system is destroying children’s hope for the future, says Tory MP

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

The Independent UK

Chinese projects to build 'new-era' marriage and child-bearing culture to counter population decline

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.

ABC News

China launches projects to build 'new-era' marriage, childbearing culture

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.

Reuters

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America has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations–and it’s on the rise. Here’s why we are facing a pregnancy health crisis

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

Fortune

Pope sounds alarm as people choose pets over starting a family

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

The New Daily

Pope joins Meloni in urging Italians to have more kids, not pets

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

The Independent UK

Italy's birth crisis is shrinking school classes, minister says

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.

Reuters

More children in London get first choice of primary school amid fall in demand

Falling birth rate and families moving out of the city during pandemic and following Brexit has led to a decline in applications, councils say.

The Independent UK

Birth rate, child-rearing issues stand out in Kishida's comments

Analysis of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's comments in the latest Diet session indicates the chronically low birth rate and support for child-rearing are at the forefront of his policy agenda.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Elon Musk Warns Of Population Crisis In U.S., Says ‘Big Reckoning Coming’

Elon Musk, who has been encouraging the public to have more babies, is back with concerns about a population collapse amid a falling birth rate

Zenger

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Diet approves record 114 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2023

The Diet approved a record 114.3812 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2023 on Tuesday, with measures to tackle the declining birth rate and enhance the nation's defense capabilities at the forefront of the plan.

Reuters

China capital Beijing experiences first population decline since 2003

The death rate in China's capital Beijing surpassed its birth rate in 2022, official data showed on Tuesday, pushing its natural population growth into negative territory for the first time since 2003.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Time and Money for Love: China Brainstorms Ways to Boost Birth Rate

Concerned by China’s shrinking population, political advisors to the government have come up with more than 20 recommendations to boost birth rates, though experts say the best they can do is to slow the population's decline. China dug itself into a demographic hole largely through its one-child policy imposed between…

Caixin Global

China’s Health Commission Invites Expert Opinions on Egg Freezing

A potential policy shift to allow unmarried women to freeze their eggs is under discussion as the country faces falling birth rates and an unprecedented population drop

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Japan will ‘disappear’ without action on births, prime minister's aide says

Japan will cease to exist if it can’t slow a fall in its birth rate that threatens to wreck the social safety net and economy, according to an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Evening Standard

World's lowest birth rates as Pope Francis calls for Italians to have more babies

‘The number of births is the first indicator of the hope of a people. Without children and young people, a country loses its desire for the future,’ the Pope said in a recent speech

Reuters

Free education, equal rights for unmarried women among proposals to boost China's fertility

Free college education and equal rights for unmarried women are among proposals being urged by members of China’s top political advisory body to boost the country's birth rate after its population fell last year for the first time in six decades.

Reuters

As China's birth rate slumps, political advisor urges egg freezing for single women

A member of China's top political advisory body said she would propose allowing unmarried women to access egg freezing as a measure to preserve their fertility after the country's population fell last year for the first time in six decades.

Evening Standard

China offers 30 days paid marriage leave to boost flagging birth rate

Last year, China recorded its lowest ever birth rate, of 6.77 births per 1,000 people

WEKU

Ukraine's birth rate was already dangerously low. Then war broke out

The Russian invasion has cemented the decision for many couples to opt out of having babies, in a country that struggled with incredibly low fertility rates long before the war.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine war 'hitting Russian birth rate' as invasion's first anniversary looms

Western officials gave a revealing insight into how the conflict is having an impact on Russia, almost 12 months since Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops across the border

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