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.
Japan's prime minister steps down over US base row
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.
Japan finance minister to run to succeed Hatoyama
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.
Japan scrambles for new leader after resignation
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.
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