Tag: birthrate
Seoul expands family aid with $4.9 billion Investment to combat falling...
The city government of Seoul announced plans on Tuesday to allocate 6.7 trillion won (US$4.9 billion) over the next two years to support families...
Tokyo prelate warns against marginalizing elderly as birthrate declines
He stressed the need to counter the erroneous belief that older generations “rob young people of their future.”
India’s growing population a burden for struggling mothers
India's overall birthrate has fallen in tandem with its rising economy, but poverty and a deep-rooted bias for male heirs have kept Bihar an engine room of national population growth
‘Don’t blame women’: Japan birth drive sparks online debate
Policy changes such as expanding daycare provision can help boost birth rates, but the increase is often "temporary"
In bid to boost childbearing, North Korea offers sporadic extra food
North Korea’s birth rate is about 1.8 children per woman – just below the replacement level of 2.1 births, according to 2020 World Bank data
China’s Sichuan to scrap three-child limit as birth rates drop
China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data released this month showed
Japanese prime minister vows to take action on declining birthrate
“Japan is standing on the verge of whether we can continue to function as a society,” Kishida said in Monday’s speech
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