#Demographics

Japan's foreign resident population is approaching the 10% mark decades faster than official forecasts predicted, forcing a national reckoning on labor, identity, and social integration.

South Korea's childbirths rose for the 16th consecutive month in October 2025, but the growth rate is slowing. Despite a 7-year high in marriages, the total population continued to decline as deaths outpaced births, with the fertility rate at a critically low 0.81.