Population Aging
BEIJING - China's urban population is expected to surpass 700 million in the next five years, exceeding the number of rural dwellers for the first time, the country's top population policy official was cited as saying in a report Sunday.
WASHINGTON - The nation's minority population is steadily rising and now makes up 35 percent of the United States, advancing an unmistakable trend that could make minorities the new American majority by midcentury.
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned Wednesday to improve his party's chances in an election next month, after his popularity plunged over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S.
TOKYO - Japan's finance minister says he intends to run for leadership of the ruling party to succeed Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned earlier in the day.
TOKYO - Japan's ruling party scrambled to find a new leader after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned Wednesday, apologizing for failing to keep a campaign promise to move a contentious U.S.
