
With few exceptions Europe has seen a declining fertility rate across the continent in recent years, but the United Kingdom has found itself defying that trend and in fact witnessing a significant rise in the average number of births per woman.
by Sarkis Zeronian24 Dec 2015, 6:29 PM PST0

New migrants to Scotland are set to outstrip the number of babies born within the country by nine to one over the next ten years, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Overall, the UK’s population is
by Donna Rachel Edmunds30 Oct 2015, 10:30 AM PST0

North Korea has banned abortion and birth control as a means to remedy its rapidly falling birth rate.
by Dr. Susan Berry18 Oct 2015, 6:32 AM PST0

A buried item in the Office for National Statistics data dump today reveals that UK-born women are the least likely to give birth while married. In 2014, the ONS reveals, “a much higher proportion of births to non UK-born women
by Raheem Kassam27 Aug 2015, 2:10 AM PST0

Japanese health officials are attempting to deal with a growing problem—a million young adults, mostly men, have locked themselves in their bedrooms and are refusing to come out. This condition, called “hikikomori” by Japanese health professionals, is deeply troubling Japanese leaders.
by Michael Lucchese8 Jul 2015, 5:48 PM PST0

A report from the Urban Institute has some disturbing implications for the future of the United States, asserting that birth rates among women 20 to 29 years old between 2007 and 2012 reached historic lows.
by William Bigelow3 May 2015, 4:32 PM PST0

The consumption of breakfast cereal has plunged; Kellogg, which makes Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies, Froot Loops, and Special K, saw its sales of cereal drop 8 percent this quarter, according to Devin Leonard of Bloomberg.
by William Bigelow26 Feb 2015, 9:45 PM PST0

Despite the positives of cheaper oil, a weaker yen currency, and zero interest rates, Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index plunged -3.02% in overnight trading. Over the last 25 years, Japan has become the world’s most indebted nation and its stock market has lost 70.4% of value as the nation is literally beginning to die out in a demographic implosion.
by Chriss W. Street7 Jan 2015, 9:56 PM PST0

Japan as a society may be on something of an irreversible death spiral. Is banning abortion the answer? An article in the Washington Post notes that some have wondered whether this could help. More than a quarter century ago, Japan became
by Austin Ruse7 Jan 2015, 12:55 PM PST0