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A Japanese father holds his daughter's hand walking down the street
Asia

Tokyo is turning to a 4-day workweek in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’

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November 4, 2025
Donald Trump sits and bangs a gavel as people around him applaud.
Economy

Congressional Budget Office says Trump’s immigration crackdown will shrink U.S. population faster than expected, a threat to inflation and GDP growth

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September 11, 2025
A medical worker cares for a newborn "dragon baby" in the maternity department of Zaozhuang Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Shandong province, China, Feb 10, 2024.
Economy

China’s fertility crisis is so dire, rates are falling below ‘replacement levels’ and GDP could slow by more than half in the next 30 years, study says

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August 4, 2025
Mother holding a baby in a diaper
Success

This is the number of babies each woman needs to have to avoid human extinction—and the U.S. is nowhere close

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May 2, 2025
A dad working while holding a baby carrier
Success

Millennials choosing to be DINKs could push GDP down by as much as 4%

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March 19, 2025
The fertility crash comes down to what men are doing—or not doing—Nobel laureate says 
Lifestyle

The fertility crash comes down to what men are doing—or not doing—Nobel laureate says 

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February 24, 2025
China marriages fall to record low as demographic crisis deepens
Lifestyle

China marriages fall to record low as demographic crisis deepens

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February 10, 2025
China’s population fell for the third year in a row in 2024
Politics

China’s population fell for the third year in a row in 2024

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January 17, 2025
Introducing Gen Beta, the children born starting in 2025
Lifestyle

Introducing Gen Beta, the children born starting in 2025

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January 2, 2025
Air travel is breaking records, but a lack of planes could result in headwinds in 2025
Retail

Air travel is breaking records, but a lack of planes could result in headwinds in 2025

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January 2, 2025
Elon Musk is secretly buying properties reportedly so his children and their mothers can all live together 
Finance

Elon Musk is secretly buying properties reportedly so his children and their mothers can all live together 

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October 29, 2024
World’s richest man Elon Musk says people should relax about the costs and just have kids: ‘It’ll work out’
Politics

World’s richest man Elon Musk says people should relax about the costs and just have kids: ‘It’ll work out’

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October 22, 2024
A man shelters from the rain under an umbrella as he walks past the Euro currency sign in front of the former European Central Bank (ECB) building in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on July 27, 2023 ahead of thr ECB's monthly announcement on eurozone monetary policy.
Finance

Europe’s population crisis could shave 4% off its GDP by 2040, Morgan Stanley warns, and the options to solve it aren’t good

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October 14, 2024
Japan’s new prime minister is set to propose a happiness index
Leadership

Japan’s new prime minister is set to propose a happiness index

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October 3, 2024
China’s top lawmakers set to raise retirement age to handle shrinking workforce born of collapsing birthrate
Finance

China’s top lawmakers set to raise retirement age to handle shrinking workforce born of collapsing birthrate

By Foster Wong, Josh Xiao and Bloomberg
September 11, 2024

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