China's birth rate fell last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed, as its population shrank for a fourth straight year despite efforts to slow the decline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/asia-pacific/society/china-birth-rate-lowest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #population #children
#Trump’s Fight With #Minnesota Is About More Than #Immigration
The state embodies a #civic ideal that the admin wants to discredit.
There are plenty of obvious reasons #Minneapolis, despite ranking FAR DOWN the list of US cities in terms of its #immigrant #population, is the latest #Democratic-led urban area targeted by Trump’s punitive anti-immigration raids. There is #TimWalz, the governor & Trump’s 2024 rival.
#law #WeaponizationOfGovernment #DOJ
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/magazine/minnesota-liberalism-trump-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFA.Gx2O.2S0Wz5RKPGGx&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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China is rolling out its most wide-ranging push to boost a flagging birth rate, with official population data due on Jan. 19 set to show a fourth consecutive annual drop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/asia-pacific/society/china-birth-boost-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #population #birthcontrol
China is rolling out its most wide-ranging push to boost a flagging birth rate, with official population data due on Jan. 19 set to show a fourth consecutive annual drop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/asia-pacific/society/china-birth-boost-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #population #birthcontrol
The number of young people in Japan reaching adulthood in 2026 is the second-lowest on record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/japan/coming-of-age-day-population/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #comingofageday #population #aging
There were just 9.54 million births in China in 2024 — half the number than in 2016 — and concerns about the shrinking and aging population have been growing as couples choose to buck traditional Chinese norms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/asia-pacific/society/china-birth-rate-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #children #population
The death of a former head of China’s one-child policy has been met not by tributes, but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/asia-pacific/society/china-one-child-social-media/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #population #onechildpolicy
Okinawa Prefecture’s image of “islands blessed with children” might not be entirely accurate when it comes to its remote islands and isolated communities, which struggle with acute depopulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/society/okinawa-remote-islands-depopulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa #population #depopulation #rurallife #localgovernment
A record amount in unclaimed inheritances ended up in Japanese government coffers last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/japan/japan-isolated-elderly/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #elderly #aging #population #depopulation
As the Korean War raged on in December 1950, Western powers vied to restore Japan as a “great Asian power” to counter global communism. In December 2000, a teenage boy bombed a video store in Kabukicho. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/history/tokyo-population-communism-inflation-kabukicho-bomb-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #tokyo #population #taisho #coldwar #inflation #shinjukuward #kabukicho
Jakarta is now the biggest city in the world
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/jakarta-tokyo-worlds-biggest-city-population
#HackerNews #Jakarta #Tokyo #Population #City #Growth #Urbanization
In May, China started allowing couples to get married anywhere in the country — instead of their place of residence — in an effort to boost marriage rates and ease the country’s demographic crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/asia-pacific/society/china-marriage-tourism-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #marriage #population
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Why Are London’s Iconic Sparrows Disappearing?
"London’s house sparrow population has declined by an astonishing 71% over just 24 years, and a new study suggests that avian malaria may be the cause."
#sparrows #birds #ornithology #birding #London #population #disease #AvianMalaria #parasites https://medium.com/grrlscientist/why-are-londons-iconic-sparrows-disappearing-f7b879274f70
Why Are London’s Iconic Sparrows Disappearing?
"London’s house sparrow population has declined by an astonishing 71% over just 24 years, and a new study suggests that avian malaria may be the cause."
#sparrows #birds #ornithology #birding #London #population #disease #AvianMalaria #parasites https://medium.com/grrlscientist/why-are-londons-iconic-sparrows-disappearing-f7b879274f70
Climate change and population growth could bring about a resurgence of malaria following a stalling of efforts to fight the mosquito-borne illness, campaigners say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/10/21/climate-change/climate-change-population-malaria/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #malaria #climatechange #mosquitoes #population
As the country-wide census survey begins, officials warn of people impersonating census workers and asking for personal information. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/japan/people-warned-of-census-related-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #population #surveys #fraud
The estimated number of people aged 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, falling by 50,000 from a year before, the internal affairs ministry said Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/japan/society/japans-elderly-population/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #agedadults #olderadults #population
The number of centenarians in Japan could soon pass the 100,000 mark, highlighting social security concerns amid a falling birth rate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/japan-centenarians-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #elderly #population
New Zealand’s population is growing at its slowest rate in almost three years as a sluggish economic recovery deters foreign immigrants and prompts more citizens to leave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/asia-pacific/society/new-zealand-population-growth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #newzealand #population
As the population concentration in Tokyo is accelerating, the government has begun to take a different approach to help stem depopulation in regional areas and rev up local economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/18/japan/post-war-tokyo-overconcentration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #population #depopulation #rurallife #cities #decentralization