Prime minister Fumio Kishida called Japan’s declining birth rate alarming ... Panel submitted the “Population Vision 2100” proposal to Mr Kishida. The plan aimed to keep Japan’s population ...

A task force of the Central Council for Education, which advises the education minister, is currently deliberating the future of universities in response to Japan's low birthrate. Meanwhile ...

Japan's plummeting birth rate has sparked policy discussions about the challenges facing higher education institutions that could lead some to shutter. The fertility rate in Japan, or the average ...

Japan has presented a proposal to settle damages lawsuits over forced sterilization conducted under the now-defunct eugenic protection law by paying ¥15 million per plaintiff who went through the ...

A record nine Japanese lawmakers have formally entered the race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as head of the governing party and leader of the nation, hoping to regain public suppor ...

ABOUT 26 000 food-insecure households are set to benefit from the Japan humanitarian fund as Zimbabwe grapples with severe effects of the El Niño-induced drought, NewsDay can reveal. The aid ...

A Japanese warship drills with a Royal Canadian Navy ship in the Pacific. JMSDF Photo Japan’s Ministry of Defense requested a record 8.54 trillion yen, or $59 billion, for its Fiscal Year 2025 ...

Last year, the government announced during a cabinet meeting that it would implement “extraordinary measures to combat the declining birthrate”. Prime minister Fumio Kishida called Japan’s ...

Last year, the government announced during a cabinet meeting that it would implement “extraordinary measures to combat the declining birthrate ... Vision 2100” proposal to Mr Kishida. The plan aimed ...