Demographic Crisis

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  130 Russian Towns Could Vanish Soon: The Alarming Reason Behind Their Decline

  Recent research warns that 130 small Russian towns, home to 3.4 million people, are at risk of disappearing due to negative demographic trends and declining employment opportunities.

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  China's New Plan: Rs 45,000 A Year Per Child To Tackle Fertility Crisis

  China has introduced a national childcare subsidy of 3,600 yuan (Rs 43,439) per year for each child under three to address its declining birth rate and looming demographic crisis.

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  China To Offer Childcare Subsidies To Boost Birth Rate Amid Demographic Crisis

  China's government will offer subsidies to parents to the tune of $500 per child under the age of three per year, Beijing's state media said Monday, as the world's second most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.

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  South Korea's 'Heartbreaking' Wildfires Expose Super-Aged Society

  The inferno has laid bare South Korea's demographic crisis and regional disparities: it is a super-aged society with the world's lowest birth rate.

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  Love Motel Converted To Funeral Home In Japan Amid Population Crisis: "Metaphor Of Decline"

  Reactions poured in from social media users who described the building as a metaphor for Japan's demographic crisis.

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  Female Russian Students Under 25 Offered Rs 81,000 To Give Birth To Healthy Babies

  This initiative is part of a broader effort to address the country's demographic crisis, with officials introducing financial benefits aimed at boosting population growth.

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  South Korea Launches Speed Dating Events To Combat Declining Marriage And Birth Rates

  South Korea faces a demographic crisis marked by record-low marriage and birth rates, with a fertility rate of just 0.72, the world's lowest. High working hours, expensive housing, and costly childcare contribute to this trend.

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  "Are You Pregnant Now?": Chinese Government Workers Calling Women With Bizarre Question

  China is facing its biggest demographic crisis with only nine million births recorded in 2023, the lowest since 1949

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  Defence "Geek" Shigeru Ishiba Is New Japan Prime Minister

  Japan got a new prime minister on Tuesday, with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis and build an Asian NATO to face down China.

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  Opinion | Can India Create 8 Million Jobs A Year? Here's What The Numbers Indicate

  For India to benefit from its demographic dividend, it needs to generate productive employment for 7-8 million youths who will join the labour force each year. If not, this dividend could be lost. Can the budget push to achieve these job creation goa

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  "Demographic Changes Taking Place For Years": Official On Manipur Crisis

  Law enforcement agencies have seized drugs worth Rs 7,887.76 crore, and arrested 2,943 people in the past seven years in Manipur, an official said on Saturday, citing a document.

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  China Scrambles To Boost Birth Rates As Population Drops For 2nd Year

  China's population decline accelerated in 2023, official data showed Wednesday, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country battles a looming demographic crisis.

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  'Sit At Home, Give Birth To More Soldiers': Russia Amid Demographic Crisis

  Russia's radical conservative turn since it invaded Ukraine is changing life inside the country, with even the long-held right for women to have abortions being questioned.

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  Japan Village, Battling Demographic Crisis, Celebrates Birth Of Baby In Over 20 Years

  In 2022, less than 800,000 babies were born in Japan and the indigenous population shrank by over half a million.

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  Watch: Elon Musk Meets Hungarian President With Son X, Discuss Demographic Crisis

  During the meeting, the duo discussed the global demographic crisis and talked about the significance of having children.