Japanese policymakers are increasingly anxious that the country's birth rate is nearing the point of no return.

The number of Japanese children born in 2023 sank to an all-time low of 727,277, while the total fertility rate shrank to its ... The number of deaths in 2023 was a record high 1,575,936.

In a year of political upheaval dominated by the fallout from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s kickbacks scandal, Ishiba ...

A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for US$1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious ...

Masahiko Loo, senior fixed income strategist at State Street Global Advisors, says that with the yen approaching 160 against the dollar, Japan's finance ministry may force an interest rate hike at the ...

The fertility rate, or the average ... of births from the number of deaths, in 2020, was the largest ever. Takumi Fujinami, a senior researcher at the Japan Research Institute, has estimated ...

No doubt 2025 has more surprises in store for Japan after an unusually intense 12 months.

In 2021, the rate in the United States was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, while other countries such as Australia, Austria, Israel, Japan, and Spain had rates between 2 and 3 deaths per 100,000 ...

All four had been stabbed to death. Authorities accused Mr Hakamata of murdering ... against Mr Hakamata was fabricated raises troubling questions. Japan has a 99% conviction rate, and a system of ...

The population of the Earth is set to reach 8.09 billion come New Year's Day, although the global birth rate is slowing ...

SIGA Technologies has gained Japanese regulatory approval for TEPOXX (tecovirimat) 200mg capsules, known as TPOXX in the US, ...

China set a goal to have 50% of EV sales by 2035 – lagging behind many countries. Now it's hit that goal 10 years early.