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Chinese politicians have looked toward policies to encourage couples to have more children to offset population decline. It hasn’t worked.
South Korea’s fertility rate fell below the level needed to sustain a population in the mid-1980s – and it never recovered. It is now below one child per woman during her reproductive years.
Our research found a multi-million pound scheme to boost maths learning was under-used and had minimal impact on practice.
Japan has a rich queer history and is seeing societal changes in favor of greater LGBTQ recognition. That said, national politicians have yet to catch up.
US lawmakers heard testimony that suggests the era of engagement with China is over. Rather, policy may be hardening.
For the first time since 1961, deaths in China have outpaced births – and unlike that one-year decline, the downward trend is likely to continue.
The meeting is the first between the leaders since Japan outlined a more assertive defense strategy in December.
A recent barrage of nuclear-capable missile tests and a change in law setting out the conditions for a nuclear strike show that North Korea’s leader is intent on reunification on his terms.
Africa must focus on building strong alliances with advanced economies to mitigate the steps being taken by the European Union and US.
Remarks by the US president come amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing and follow a contentious visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Is “strategic ambiguity” still the least-worst option for dealing with competing claims about Taiwan?
New towns have had a better track record in places of rapid economic and population growth, such as east Asian countries.
As Japanese victims struggled to process the nuclear attack, many turned to religion. The way they understood the horror still has consequences today.
Chinese fighter jets buzzed the line separating China and Taiwan just hours before the US House speaker arrived on the island.
Taiwanese authorities are allowing its tiny contingent to attend the opening ceremony in Beijing despite a long-running dispute over its name in the Olympics.
As more and more plastic trash permeates the oceans, fragments are making their way into fish and shellfish – and potentially into humans.
By studying the DNA of people who lived in East Asia thousands of years ago, scientists are starting to untangle how the region was populated.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet reshuffle is an exercise in illusion. Yet it reveals some unwelcome truths about his political present - and future.
While some argue that Western LGBT+ ideals have no place in Asia, a new ruling in Hong Kong shows that these values have no bearing on the law.
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