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The number of Japanese births continues to plunge, and is set to fall short of the government’s most pessimistic targets this ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the lower house of Parliament soon for a snap election.

France recorded more deaths than births in 2025 for the first time since the end of World War Two, a development that erodes ...

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The recent film Rental Family, starring Brendan Fraser and directed by Hikari, has put a spotlight on a social phenomenon in ...