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Topic: population

Kishida: Japan on brink of social dysfunction amid falling birthrate

Kishida: Japan on brink of social dysfunction amid falling birthrate

Satoshi Iizuka, Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 23 03:47 PM

PM Kishida warned that Japan is 'on the brink' of losing its social function due to its rapidly declining birthrate. Read more »

China population shrinks for first time in over 60 years

China population shrinks for first time in over 60 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 10:55 AM

China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than 6 decades, official data showed Tuesday. Read more »

Fabella Hospital welcomes New Year baby

Fabella Hospital welcomes New Year baby

Jam Sta Rosa, AFP
Posted at Jan 01 01:07 PM

Average annual population growth rate in the country is placed at 1.63 according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s report based on the May 2020 Census. Read more »

Japan aims to alleviate overpopulation in Tokyo area

Japan aims to alleviate overpopulation in Tokyo area

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 16 05:33 PM

Japan aims to alleviate overcrowding in Tokyo by arresting population flight to the metropolitan area by the end of fiscal 2027. Read more »

Ilang senior citizen hirap sa pagrehistro sa online database

Ilang senior citizen hirap sa pagrehistro sa online database

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 08:14 PM

Hinikayat ng National Commission of Senior Citizens ang mga Pilipinong edad 60 pataas na lumahok sa pagbuo ng database ng mga senior citizen sa bansa. Read more »

Japan to give away more cash to boost birth rate

Japan to give away more cash to boost birth rate

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Dec 15 07:43 AM

The Japanese government is planning to provide an additional 80,000 yen (approximately 32,900 pesos) to couples who have a child as Tokyo looks for ways to halt the alarming decline in the nation's birth rate. Read more »

Contraceptive use up since RH law enacted - DOH

Contraceptive use up since RH law enacted - DOH

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 05:39 PM

The country's contraceptive prevalence rate has significantly increased ten years since the reproductive health law was passed, the DOH said Tuesday. Read more »

Number of working-age Pinoys reaches nearly 70 million

Number of working-age Pinoys reaches nearly 70 million

Rowegie Abanto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 02:09 PM

POPCOM said the increasing number of employable Filipinos can boost the nation's economy if they are 'fully maximized and harnessed.' Read more »

Popcom: Pinoys becoming more ‘conscious’ of having children

Popcom: Pinoys becoming more ‘conscious’ of having children

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 04:47 PM

Popcom OIC Lolito Tacardon said the agency is looking at the declining fertility rate in the country as an 'opportunity from various levels,' noting its benefits nationwide. Read more »

8-billionth baby born in PH? Popcom says it's just ‘symbolic’

8-billionth baby born in PH? Popcom says it's just ‘symbolic’

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 02:40 PM

This comes as the public questioned how authorities determined that the 8-billionth person in the world would be born in the Philippines, considering hundreds of women giving birth every hour. Read more »

 How can 8 billion people sustainably share a planet?

How can 8 billion people sustainably share a planet?

Deutsche Welle
Updated as of Nov 15 05:16 PM

Earth's natural resources are dwindling. With a skyrocketing world population, is it time to rethink how we use them? Read more »

Humanity hits 8 billion mark

Humanity hits 8 billion mark

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 15 02:03 PM

A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eighth billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations. Read more »

How Earth's population exploded

How Earth's population exploded

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 04:56 PM

Since the emergence of the first humans in Africa over 2 million years ago the world's population has ballooned with only fleeting pauses. Read more »

Japan's population problem forces changes to social security

Japan's population problem forces changes to social security

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Nov 08 11:04 AM

Japan has a shrinking pool of young workers to fund retirement and healthcare. Read more »

World population at 8 billion humans -- and still growing

World population at 8 billion humans -- and still growing

Amélie Bottollier-Depois, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 10:40 AM

The United Nations estimates that the global human population will reach eight billion by mid-November, and will continue to grow. Read more »

Maternal deaths up in first 6 months of 2022: PSA

Maternal deaths up in first 6 months of 2022: PSA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 05:55 PM

Deaths due to complications from childbirth in the Philippines are up 10 percent in 2022, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority. Read more »

Bookstores vanishing from Japan with fall in population

Bookstores vanishing from Japan with fall in population

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 20 05:29 PM

Bookshops are vanishing all over Japan. Read more »

Nearly half of Filipino seniors still work: POPCOM

Nearly half of Filipino seniors still work: POPCOM

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 03:25 PM

Nearly half of Filipino senior citizens are still working and many face health risks due to poverty, the POPCOM said. Read more »

Pilipinas maaaring maging 'aging society': POPCOM

Pilipinas maaaring maging 'aging society': POPCOM

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 23 07:37 PM

Nagbabadyang maituring na aging society ang Pilipinas pagsapit ng 2030 dahil sa pagtaas ng bilang ng mga senior citizen, sabi ng POPCOM. Read more »

Nursing home 'hiring' babies to keep residents happy

Nursing home 'hiring' babies to keep residents happy

Tomohiro Osaki, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 30 02:36 PM

A nursing home in southern Japan is 'hiring' babies for a very important job -- to keep its elderly residents company and make them smile. Read more »

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