Commentary / World Jun 16, 2021
Here we go again: China’s wrong turn in population policy
by Michael Sutton
The cost of population aging are not a problem for China. It is a budgetary issue, not a demographic one.
Commentary / World Jun 9, 2021
China ages before it can become rich
by Frank Ching
One problem is that the Communist Party views people not as individual human beings but as tools to be manipulated to suit party policy at different times
Commentary / World Jun 7, 2021
China’s three-child policy won’t help
by Nancy Qian
But a below-replacement fertility rate is only one part of China’s demographic problem. A second issue is the sheer size of its older population.
Asia Pacific May 31, 2021
The announcement is a shift from the existing limit of two children after recent data showed a dramatic decline in births in the world's most populous country.
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN May 29, 2021
Can a celebrity wedding set the mood for romance?
by Kaori Shoji
Yui Aragaki and Gen Hoshino announced they will be getting married, proving the idea that you can't find romance after 30 is an outdated one.
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Apr 21, 2021
Among 227 countries and regions surveyed, Taiwan ranks last at 1.07 children per woman, far below the 2.1 replacement rate needed to maintain the population.
Asia Pacific Apr 2, 2021
While Asia wants a baby boom, Indonesia says enough is enough
by Claire Jiao, Grace Sihombing and Michelle Jamrisko
Countries across Asia are trying everything from fertility tours to baby bonuses to spur population growth in an aging world. Not so in Indonesia.
Commentary / World Feb 4, 2021
China’s latest celebrity scandal hits a raw nerve
by Adam Minter
The ex-boyfriend of popular Chinese actress Zheng Shuang said on social media that she had abandoned him with two surrogate children in the U.S.
World / Social Issues Jan 29, 2021
‘Declaration of War’: Protesters in Poland vow to fight abortion ban
by Monika Pronczuk, Isabella Kwai and Anatol Magdziarz
Women’s rights advocates and allies in Poland vowed Thursday to continue to fight a near-total ban on abortion, calling it a breach of human rights and a sign that the country is regressing.
National / Science & Health Dec 27, 2020
'DM if interested': Sperm donors in Japan operate in a gray zone
by Tomohiro Osaki
With the system discouraging the use of donated semen, those who desperately want children are often left to look at less conventional routes to conception.
National / Social Issues Dec 27, 2020
Japan's unmarried and LGBT citizens forced to use foreign sperm banks
While some laws relating to better fertility treatment have been enacted, the buying and selling of eggs and sperm is still to be debated.
National Dec 27, 2020
Lawmaker Noda's struggle with infertility fueled her push for change
by Magdalena Osumi
Although treatment options and access to care have expanded, the stigma associated with infertility has for decades made women keep their struggles under wraps.