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Japan’s population is getting old, faster

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on this: https://sc.mp/b3wr In Japan, more than 1 in 10 people of the country’s 124 million population are now aged 80 or older, according to a new report published by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs on August 18, 2023. Japan’s fast-ageing population has forced the government to raise healthcare and pension spending. It has…

Watch China’s popular dance programme designed to keep country’s ageing population fit

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For more stories on China’s latest trends: https://sc.mp/ecgo Retired civil servant Yu Jicheng has created the dance routine Happy Dancing to help China’s elderly stay fit. Yu teaches daily public dance classes of up to 500 people in the city of Jiamusi, in northeastern Heilongjiang province. The programme has proved popular among China’s square-dancing participants because…

World’s largest population: why it could be a headache for India

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube India has surpassed China to be the world’s most populous nation. But the historic shift also spotlights the challenge India faces to create jobs as millions enter the workforce every year. The Post examines the obstacles India faces in harnessing its population for growth, infrastructure, the gender imbalance, and its developing potential in global markets. Support…

Japan rolls out ‘last-chance’ efforts to curb population decline

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more about Japan’s population crisis: https://sc.mp/b0v5 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida introduced a package of wide-ranging measures on June 13, 2023, to reverse the country’s falling birth rate that’s threatening the world’s third-largest economy. The new measures include bigger payouts and providing homes for families with children. The government will also urge companies to offer…

Kishida issues urgent warning on Japan’s shrinking population, saying it poses serious societal risk

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on January 23, 2023, that the country must take urgent steps to address the country’s shrinking population. Plagued by low birth rates and a rapidly ageing society, Japan’s population has been in continuous decline for 14 years. Kishida’s pledge came after his government approved the country’s biggest military build-up in…

Does China’s population decline really matter?

Beijing needs to play its cards right and avoid Washington’s high-tech blockade to prosper despite its declining numbers This week, China announced its first drop in national population since 1961, with the total number of people in the country declining by about 865,000. Such a decline has been a long time coming, especially due to the legacy of the one-child policy beginning in 1978 and…

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