Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Population figures in East Asia underscored the scale of the demographic challenge across the rich world. Taiwan said its ...

Humans were moving between Siberia and northern China far earlier than thought, according to a new study that offers a detailed new picture of East Asia’s population history. Northern East Asia, which ...

Exceptionally low birth rates across Northeast Asia are beginning to have a tangible impact on the global religious landscape, as Buddhism — long a major faith in the region — is shrinking, a study ...

A major demographic transformation marked by rapidly ageing populations is transforming modern Asia. This shift is driven by increasing life expectancy and declining fertility rates, resulting in an ...

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. FU Qiaomei at the Institute of ...

Exceptionally low birth rates across Northeast Asia are beginning to have a tangible impact on the global religious landscape, as Buddhism — long a major faith in the region — is shrinking, a study ...