Japan recorded its lowest number of births in history in 2022, with just 799,728 babies being born, down 5.1% from 2021. The figure is the lowest number of newborns recorded in Japan since the ...

The number of births in Japan plummeted to its lowest level on record in 2020 as the novel coronavirus pandemic accelerated, data released by the health ministry on June 4 showed. The number of ...

For the first time ever, more than one in 10 people in Japan are now aged 80 or older. National data also shows 29.1% of the ...

Claims that the world is becoming 'overpopulated' have been in the zeitgeist for decades, but it's a lack of new babies that really concerns experts in developed countries. Japan announced this ...

Japan’s demographic crisis has worsened, according to the latest government figures revealing that over 10% of the country's ...

It’s a steamy summer afternoon in the Japanese city of Osaka, where a group of around 60 men and women have gathered for a session of “omiai,” or matchmaking, to find true love. They mingle ...

The yen hit a 10-month low against the dollar, putting traders on alert for more intervention by the Japanese government. Tokyo stepped up its verbal warnings against speculative yen-selling by ...

The US dollar (USD) rose above 149 against the Japanese yen (JPY) on Tuesday morning, bringing the greenback to a nearly ...

It's obvious that they will cut output slowly but further. Indeed, for Russia it's a no-brainer. They can make more money at a higher price while exporting less. Other factors driving the gas price to ...

(Reuters) - Russian unemployment hit a new record low in June and real wages rose by 10.5% year on year in further evidence of a tight labour market, data released on Wednesday showed. The jobless ...

Aug 30 (Reuters) - Russian unemployment hit a new record low in June and real wages rose by 10.5% year on year in further evidence of a tight labour market, data released on Wednesday showed.