China is reportedly revising its family planning policies with a controversial proposal to tax condoms and other contraceptives in an effort to address declining birth rates. As the country faces record-low fertility and demographic pressures, officials are exploring new incentives—and restrictions—to encourage families to have more children.

China Rewrites Family Planning Rules: Condom Tax To Boost Birth Rate 

Japan’s birth rate has hit a record low, marking a 5% decline from the previous year. This extends a 9-year streak of falling births, according to Japan’s health ministry. Meanwhile, deaths reached a record-high 1. 62 million, causing the country’s largest-ever annual population decline.

Japan’s births drop 5% in 2024 to record 720,988

For the first time in a decade, South Korea's birthrate has increased, rising by 3.6% in 2024 compared to the previous year. This uptick comes amid a record surge in marriages, with 238,300 babies born.

South Korea's birthrate rises for the first time in a decade

Japan has been grappling with a serious problem of declining birth rates. Now a Japanese expert has warned that if the birth rate continues to fall at this rate, the nation will be left with only one child under the age of 14 by 5 January, 2720. Watch this video to find out more.

Japan faces existential threat as declining birth rates loom large

Russia is now likely to get a 'ministry of sex' to solve the issue of the dropped birth rate in the country. Russian President Vladimir Putin-loyalist Nina Ostanina - who is the chairperson of the Russian parliament’s committee on Family Protection, Paternity, Maternity and Childhood - has been looking into a petition demanding such a ministry.

Putin plans to introduce 'ministry of sex' in Russia amid drooping birth rate

China has announced a new set of Family planning and parenting initiatives. This is aimed at reversing its declining birth rate after 2 years of population contraction. Watch in for more details!

China Launches Family Support Plan To Tackle Declining Birth Rate

The birth rate in England and Wales has plummeted to the lowest level since records began nearly 90 years ago. This is according to the UK's office for National statistics-- it says that total fertility rate has dropped to 1.44 children per woman in 2023 which is well below the 2.1 children per woman that's considered necessary to maintain a stable population in developed countries without migration. Watch in for more details!

UK: Birthrate Falls To Record Low In England And Wales

South Korea's health and welfare ministry has awarded civilian service medals to two women for giving birth to 13 children each amid the plummeting birth rate in the country.

Two South Korean women awarded medals for birthing 13 children each amid fertility crisis

Greece, which saw its lowest number of births in 2022, plans to spend 20 billion euros ($22 billion) through 2035 on incentives to halt the decline, including cash benefits and tax breaks. Greece currently spends around 1 billion euros a year on pro-child measures but, like other European countries, to little effect.

Greece To Spend $22 Billion Euros On Lifting Low Birth Rate

A couple, married for 7 years, Hansen and his wife Momo, look after six little ones in their apartment in downtown Beijing. These little ones are not their biological children but six little “fur babies,” or “mao hai zi” in Chinese.

China is expected to have more pets than offspring, which has become a headache for Beijing

In Japan, at least 54 people die annually because of overwork, revealed a government white paper. The societal attitude is such that working overtime and for longer hours is considered cool in Japan, leading to the problem of “karoshi,” which means “death from overwork” in Japanese.

Japan pushes for four-day work week to boost declining birth rate

In a surprising demographic shift, China is witnessing an extraordinary trend. Cats are outpacing children. China known for its vast population is now grappling with a declining birth rate while pet ownership particularly among the younger generation is skyrocketing.

China's birth rate drop as pet ownership rises; pets to outnumber children by 2030

#Gravitas | As Japan grapples with dwindling national birth rate, authorities in Tokyo is developing a government run app to promote the birth rate. Can this new measure turn things around for Japan?

Gravitas:Can Dating App Fix Japan's Falling Birthrate? Tokyo's New Move To Get People to Have Babies

Much of Europe is struggling with tumbling birth rates and Greece is becoming an example of how hard it will become to reverse this trend. With social and economic repercussions we ask if governments are doing enough to avert a doomed future? Watch in for more details!

Greece: How & why childbirth has fallen over the years?

The South Korean government said on Wednesday (Feb 28) that the birth rate in the nation fell to a record low, even after investing millions and billions of dollars into efforts to encourage women to have more children.

South Korea’s birth rate falls to record low in 2023, govt data shows

Japan recorded a new record low in the number of births for an eighth consecutive year in 2023, according to preliminary government data. The data revealed a 5.1% decline in the number of births from the previous year, reaching 758,631.

Japan's new birth rate hits all-time low in 2023

Raising children can be expensive, irrespective of which country you are residing or are a citizen of. However, as per a recent report from the YuWa Population Research Institute, China is one of the most expensive places to raise children.

The price of parenthood: China among the most expensive places to raise children, finds report

Kim Jong Un broke into tears while speaking at an event for mothers in North Korea. Apparently, North Korea's declining birthrate made him cry. The dictator has called for the women of North Korea to have more children.

Gravitas: Watch: Kim Jong Un breaks down into tears

Japan's declining birth rate seems to be a cause of concern in the latest government data for the January to June period this year. The number of babies born in Japan and in Japanese expatriates fell by 3.6 per cent as compared to last year in 2022 the number of births also fell for the seventh consecutive year. By the looks of it 2023 that's expected to follow suit.

2022: The number of births in Japan fell for the seventh consecutive year

South Korea is grappling with the challenge of increasing its fertility rate, which has been the lowest in the world for three consecutive years. In response to this crisis, a growing number of cities are organising blind-dating events, hoping to encourage young adults to pursue marriage and family life, according to an exclusive report by the New York Times.

South Korean cities play cupid, host blind-dating events to up fertility rate

Warning bells are ringing in Italy regarding a population collapse. A new report presented by National Statistics Bureau ISTAT stated that the birth rate in the European country touched a historic low in 2022 with less than seven newborns for every 1,000 inhabitants.

Population collapse imminent? Italy's birth rate drops to historic low in 2022

Japan is infamous for its notoriously long working hours which, for years, has not only messed with the work-life balance for workaholic fathers but also reportedly driven the country’s birth rate to one of the lowest in the world.

Why Japanese fathers are 'afraid' of taking paternity leave despite government encouragement

Political advisers to the Chinese government have made over 20 recommendations to increase the birth rates in the country at the annual meeting of China's People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) this month.

Experts in China draft 20 new incentives to encourage families for having more babies

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