Fewer Filipinos are choosing to marry as economic pressures, shifting priorities, and changing social attitudes continue to redefine traditional family structures in the country,...
“It would be immensely better if Baguio City can enlist the participation of the national government being the Summer Capital where the President’s summer...
The population of Metro Manila, or the National Capital Region (NCR), surpassed 14 million in mid-2024, according to the 2024 Census of Population.
The Philippine...
The official Philippine population reached 112,729,484 as of July 1, 2024, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Thursday.
This figure, based on the 2024 Census...
Tokyo, Japan—Tokyo plans to make day care free for all preschool children starting in September, the city governor has announced as part of efforts to...
Hitachi, Japan—By pledging to revitalize depopulated rural areas, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hopes to help his party retain its majority in Sunday's general election.
Over...
Tokyo, Japan—Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will propose a new happiness index during his first parliamentary policy speech on Friday, local media have reported.
The index,...
Moscow, Russia—Russian lawmakers on Tuesday called for a ban on promoting childless lifestyles, the latest measures targeting what Moscow depicts as a liberal "ideology" at...
In response to the rising number of underage mothers, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and several organizations under the United Nations (UN) called...
Poverty incidence in the Philippines fell to 15.5 percent in 2023 from 18.1 percent in 2021, and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)...
Seoul, South Korea—As South Korea's birth rate hits fresh lows, Seoul city officials have a plan to help—subsidized egg freezing. But experts warn the...
Stressing as alarming the spike in teenage pregnancies, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian sought to boost the teaching of sex education in schools.
While the Department of...
