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Tokyo’s Fertility Rebound: How Big Cash and Free Services Are Turning Babies Into a Public Good
Tokyo’s bold package of cash payments, free services and subsidies — financed at roughly ¥2 trillion a year — appears to have nudged births higher in 2025 after years of decline. The metropolis’s experiment suggests that reducing the explicit and implicit costs of childrearing can influence fertility, but it raises questions about fiscal sustainability and regional divergence.
China’s 2025 Marriage Spike: Policy Changes and Folklore Produce a Likely One‑Year Bounce
China saw a sharp increase in marriage registrations in 2025—driven by a removal of hukou limits in a revised Marriage Registration Ordinance and auspicious lunar‑calendar timing. Analysts warn the rise is probably a temporary rebound and that deeper economic constraints will determine longer‑term marriage and fertility trends.
China’s Marriage Registrations Rebound — But Will Babies Follow?
China saw a notable rebound in marriage registrations in 2025 after years of decline, driven by procedural reforms, local cash incentives and expanded leave policies. While the rise eases short‑term demographic anxieties, structural barriers—childcare burdens, career penalties for women and changing social preferences—mean higher marriage rates may not translate into a sustained rise in births without deeper reforms.