Tag - one-child

 
Menu
Search
 
April 25, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

ONE CHILD

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2022
China’s activist shortage
Because of China's one-child policy and age demographics, even as protests roiled cities across the nation, no one should expect a sustained push for democratization.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 1, 2016
China could further ease childbirth curbs, says government think tank
China might further relax, or even scrap, restrictions on childbirth to avoid a "low birthrate trap," an influential government think tank has said, as the country debates how to avert a demographic time bomb.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2015
The sad plight of China's left-behind children
China's decision to end its one-child policy will probably complicate an already difficult situation for children who are left behind when their parents migrate to cities in search of work.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 31, 2015
Young Chinese mostly lukewarm to one-child policy change
China has unwound its one-child policy, for decades a symbol of invasive and coercive government planning, but the shift has been met with a disinterested shrug from many younger couples.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2015
China's graying migrants have stash of money ready to spend
Migrant worker Guo Huailiang is planning to live it up a bit in his retirement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 30, 2015
Xi's baby steps on child policies seen as weakness, not strength, of party
While Chinese President Xi Jinping's decision to end a one-child policy in place for more than three decades may appear bold, the move says more about the Communist Party's insecurity than its resolve to tackle economic problems.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2015
Experts say China's move to abandon one-child policy is 'too little, too late'
For all the historical significance of China's decision to abandon its one-child policy, the move risks falling well short of reversing a trend that threatens to throttle economic growth.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2015
China policy change may see fewer U.S. asylum cases
China's decision Thursday to allow couples to have two children after decades of limiting families to a single child may slow the flood of Chinese immigrants receiving political asylum in the United States, legal experts said.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2015
One-child policy didn't give China too many boys
Research suggests that it was China's liberalizing economic reforms of the 1970s and 1980s that might have been responsible for today's heavily skewed gender ratio in favor of boys.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2014
Wanted: brides for millions of Chinese men
A fast-growing underclass is sure to pose an array of challenges for China. The victims are the millions of poor, mostly rural men, who cannot meet familial and social expectations that a man marry and start a family because of the country's skewed demographics.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2013
Ending China's one-child policy: too little, too late?
China's population is going to drop even with the relaxation of its one-child policy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 16, 2013
China plans to ease 'one-child' policy and end labor camps
President Xi Jinping announced Friday the most sweeping package of economic, social and legal reforms in China in decades, including a relaxation of the country's "one-child" policy and the scrapping of its much-criticized system of labor camps,
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2013
China's population time bomb
China's one-child policy, implemented to prevent overpopulation and raise living standards, will likely negatively impact China's future economic growth.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 4, 2013
China may relax one-child policy to let more couples have second child
China is studying whether to relax its one-child policy to allow more couples to have two children, the official Xinhua News Agency has reported, citing the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glass
Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glass

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER