Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years. 2025 marks the tipping point when the rising costs outstrip the country's ...

To address the country's rapidly declining birthrate Japan's health ministry is all set to eliminate out-of-pocket payments ...

In 2024, 720,988 babies were born in the country, marking the ninth consecutive year of decline in child births.

Japan considers making childbirth free to reverse dwindling birth rate - Government provides a subsidy for each birth but ...

Japan: Talks ongoing "I expressed my expectations for productive discussion to be held, and we agreed," Ishiba told reporters after the talks, the AP reported May 23rd. Japan and the US have held ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba does not plan to seek a consumption tax cut as a way to blunt the pain of higher prices, concluding that such a move would further squeeze the ...

Inflation, exacerbated by Trump administration policies, is a contributing factor ... Raising the minimum wage and addressing economic inequality are suggested as solutions to address the root ...