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Japan faces worst full-time worker shortage since Covid, firms struggle to hire
Japanese firms are feeling the most acute shortage of full-time workers since the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than half of ...
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Japan's shortage of full-time workers at worst level since COVID
Japanese firms are feeling the most acute shortage of full-time workers since the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of firms understaffed, according to a private-sector survey. Among the around ...
Five years on: The countries that never locked down for Covid-19
Most of the world went into lockdowns in March 2020 response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but what has been the impact in those ...
What Scientists Just Discovered About COVID-19’s Hidden Death Toll
COVID-19 didn’t just claim lives directly—it reshaped mortality patterns worldwide. A major international study found that ...
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Japan ‘on verge of no longer functioning’ after birth rate plummets to record new low
The number of babies born in Japan has dropped to the lowest the country has ever seen since records began 125 years ago, ...
Will eased regulations prevent Japan getting lapped again in vaccine development race?
After lagging far behind European countries and the United States on COVID vaccine development, Japan has set about amending ...
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COVID-19 — How countries without lockdowns fared 5-years later
Most of the world found itself confined to their homes in March 2020 as Covid-19 spread at a blistering pace. Some countries ...
No upturn for Japan in fertility rate, births at record low with 2 deaths for every new baby born
Japan’s most recent fertility data showed a rate of 1.20 births per woman in 2023. One major factor behind Japan’s declining ...
Japan’s birth rate falls to lowest in 125 years. Will the country soon go extinct?
The number of newborns in Japan in 2024 dropped to 7,20,988, a five per cent from the previous year. This is the ninth ...
5 years after COVID, Americans are split on whether it's still a threat
Pew Research Center conducted a survey to gauge Americans’ views on the current COVID risk and how the pandemic was handled.
Japan’s birth rate fell for a ninth consecutive year in 2024 to hit a record low
The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low, according to health ...
Japan's births fell to record low in 2024
The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline, the ...