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Government adviser criticises local-level authorities across China for rewarding couples that have multiple kids while withholding such benefits for those who have just one, amid growing fears over the shrinking population.
Japan has proposed a slew of measures to reverse the decreasing birthrate in the country. Among the proposals are higher subsidies for childrearing and education and a salary increase for younger workers to incentivize marrying and having kids., Economy News, Times Now
With the current demographic trends, Finland's working-age population is poised to shrink by nearly a fifth by 2070, a trend immigration is set to mitigate.
Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida said this week that it was "now or never" for Japan, one of the world's oldest societies, to reverse its shrinking population
Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida said this week that it was "now or never" for Japan, one of the world's oldest societies, to reverse its shrinking population