Former professional soccer player Hailey Hinkley gave birth to her second child in a hospital in Japan after moving there for her husband's job Hailey recalls the nurses being so warm, even going so ...

FILE - Women carry their children on their bicycles as they ride through an intersection near a sporting arena planned to be used during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo on June 24 ...

Japan is likely to cover parents’ hospital fees for childbirth from April 2026 as the country struggles to reverse its falling birth rate. A panel of experts tasked with examining ways to ease ...

TOKYO, June 4. /TASS/. Last year, the total number of births in Japan fell to its lowest level since 1899 when vital statistics were first recorded in the country: in 2024, the Japanese gave birth to ...

My fellow pro-growth Up Wingers, This is the kind of story about demographics that you rarely see. After nearly a decade in free-fall, South Korea’s fertility rate — the average number of babies a ...

Japan’s improved labor force participation for women is a reminder not to assume that job market limits are clear and finite. By Jeanna Smialek Japan’s economy has rocketed into the headlines this ...

TOKYO — The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth straight year to a record low, according to health ministry data released Thursday. The faster-than-predicted decline suggests ...