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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.

‘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

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

The cost-of-living crisis is exacerbating Britain’s falling birth rate, which bodes ill for the future

The world’s most populous country experienced a population drop of 850,000 from 2021 to 2022

China should enhance incentives for people to build families and boost the birth rate as the country's now-falling population could threaten the world's second-biggest economy, a Chinese family planning expert said.

Health authorities in China's southwestern province of Sichuan will allow unmarried individuals to raise a family and enjoy benefits reserved for married couples, in the latest effort to bolster a falling birth rate.

Japan faces an existential threat with its birth rate at an all-time low, yet the island nation has still to fully embrace immigration as a solution to the population decline. To tackle the problem, the government has slowly turned to bringing in foreign workers. We take a closer look.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Monday to reverse the decline in the nation's birth rate, saying measures to tackle the problem were the government's most important policy issue.