ANALYSIS: Before the election, Labor promised policies to lift the declining birthrate, but there is little evidence they will actually work.

Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years. 2025 marks the tipping point when the rising costs outstrip the country's ...

The author is a Principal of the Saemal Saemomjit School Nothing escapes the cycle of birth, growth, decay and death. The ...

After decades of a plunging birth rate ... social and economic changes, the rising costs of getting married and raising children, and the restrictive one-child policy. As if to mark the moment ...

In 2024, 720,988 babies were born in the country, marking the ninth consecutive year of decline in child births.

The steering of monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has a significant impact not only on ... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, May 9, 2025) Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Core ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A petition calling for the government to rethink changes to the Winter Fuel Payments has been signed by more than 150,000 people, with a recent ...

A petition calling for the government to rethink changes to the Winter Fuel Payments has been signed by more than 150,000 people, with a recent surge following speculation that the policy may be ...

A challenge to the US Department of Defense’s requirements for noncitizen servicemembers to receive naturalization under the Immigration and Nationality Act is dismissed as moot because of a policy ...

Commissioner Jim Terwilliger told the Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee on Thursday about changes that he said Rhoden has put in place since becoming governor in January.

Bringing a carry-on has long been a staple of modern air travel, but that could soon change. In 2025, American Airlines is rumored to be preparing a major update to its baggage policy, one that ...