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Asia's governments think people not having sex or dating may be tanking their birth rates. That's not the full picture.
One expert told BI that there is "very little, if hard any evidence at all" to show that pro-natali…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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A Russian politician says the country needs a 'special demographic operation' to boost its birth rate, which has crashed to a 25-year-low
"We must organize ourselves and conduct another special operation," said Nina Ostanina, the head of…
Huileng Tan
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Throwing money at plunging birth rates won't solve the issue, demography experts say
Financial incentives like baby allowances and cash schemes being rolled out by some countries won't…
Joshua Zitser
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Indianapolis is the US city with the highest birth rate, study finds, which could have an impact on its future
Out of the 37 largest US cities, Indianapolis tops the list for highest birth rates, with Seattle l…
Joshua Zitser
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Falling birth rates are freaking countries out and spawning dubious fixes like tax breaks, cheaper cars, and free surgery
Countries are trying everything to combat declining fertility rates, with some eye-popping approach…
Joshua Zitser
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Tokyo is launching a dating app where users have to verify their income and promise they want to get married, as Japan fights tumbling birth rates
Japan is facing critically low marriage and birth rates, prompting the government to take "unpreced…
Polly Thompson
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Millennial and Gen X are developing 17 types of cancers far more frequently than older generations, study finds
Cancer rates has surged among younger generations, with significant increases in pancreatic, kidney…
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China's birth rate has fallen so much that many hospitals are simply giving up on delivering babies
China has been stepping up measures to encourage marriage and parenthood.
Huileng Tan
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China's population decline is having a big impact as marriages, diamond sales, and retail spending drop
Just 3.4 million couples in China got married in the first half of 2024, a 50% decline from what wa…
Jennifer Sor
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New parents in South Korea are getting $750 every month as Seoul launches its 'birth encouragement' gambit to slow population decline
The South Korean government, racing to rescue declining birth rates, upped the monthly subsidy from…
Matthew Loh
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India's population to peak in early 2060s to 1.7 billion before declining: UN
According to the report, India's population in 2024 is projected at 1.45 billion and this will peak…
PTI
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Nestlé plans to close an infant formula factory due to China's plunging birth rate
Food giant Nestlé said it plans to shut down an infant formula factory, citing China's falling birt…
Thibault Spirlet
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China has a birth-rate problem. It's also the 2nd-least affordable country in the world to raise a child, says a Beijing think tank.
China is one of the most unaffordable places in the world to raise a child, ranking higher than the…
Matthew Loh
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Elon Musk starts debate on Japan's declining birth rate after warning the country could 'cease to exist'
"Unless something changes to cause the birthrate to exceed the death rate, Japan will eventually ce…