In the parliamentary session this Monday, the Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida He maintained that it is “now or never” for one of the older societies of the world and promised to take measures once morest the low birth rate suffered in the country.
Although this phenomenon also occurs in developed countries, Japan has the second highest ratio worldwide of people aged 65 and over. Kishida added in the parliamentary session that the number of births last year was estimated to have been below 800,000.
Kishida estimated that last year’s births were below 800,000.
The Japanese leader insisted that it is necessary to implement policies, since the country is at the limit of continuing to function as a society. They are necessary social measures with attention to children and parenting.
Japan is at the limit of continuing to function as a society.
Kishida reported that a new government agency will be created in April to address the problem. In addition, he will present in June plans to double the budget on parenting-related policies.
Previous Policies
Previously, in Japan there were efforts to increase births but there was no success. The measures sought encourage people to have babies through pregnancy and care subsidies. Even so, they failed to generate sufficient incentives, added to the fact that the archipelago continues to be one of the most expensive countries to raise children.
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Some experts argue that the problem with these policies is that they are aimed at people who already have children, instead of encouraging younger people. Another problem is the increase in the cost of living causes women to decide to enter the workforce, even people choose to have children later.
Some neighboring countries close to the archipelago are facing the same problem. According to the most recent data, last year the population in China declined for the first time in 60 years.
SE / ED
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