Roland Kelts: I do. I think it's a canary in a coal mine. It doesn't help Japan's marriage rates—and therefore birth rates—that a growing number of businesses now cater to the rise of parties ...

Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years. 2025 marks the tipping point when the rising costs outstrip the country's ...

Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise ... designed to help working mothers and, hopefully, boost birth rates. "The longer we work, the less children we have," Koike said.

Japan’s already low birth rates have further declined. Last year, the nation’s “total fertility rate,” which indicates the number of children a woman is expected to give birth to during ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is likely ... "If the pace of wage gains moves roughly in line with our findings, the BOJ is highly likely to keep raising interest rates gradually," Otani ...

There are signs of progress in policymakers' efforts to strengthen Japan's economy, including steady wage growth ... the BOJ would refrain from raising rates in July, with the next rate hike ...

Japan's central bank held ... This has given the central bank room to raise rates as it seeks to normalize its monetary policy on the back of a virtuous cycle of wage and price growth.

The Bank of Japan predicted growth of just 0.5 percent, cutting its previous forecast in half, and decided against another hike in interest rates ... and outpacing wage increases for most of ...

Roland Kelts: I do. I think it's a canary in a coal mine. It doesn't help Japan's marriage rates—and therefore birth rates—that a growing number of businesses now cater to the rise of parties ...