Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has laid out his imaginative and prescient to reverse Japan’s plummeting beginning price, a key pillar of which is boosting parental depart advantages.
Kishida mentioned on Friday that the following six to seven years will likely be Japan’s final probability to reverse its declining beginning pattern. He additionally mentioned that his administration will perform unprecedented measures as a prime precedence to show the state of affairs round.
The variety of infants born in Japan final 12 months fell beneath 800,000 for the primary time since record-keeping started greater than 120 years in the past. Many {couples} are hesitating so as to add to their households due to rising prices.
Kishida mentioned the federal government will present help to employers to encourage extra of their male workers to take childcare depart. About 14 p.c of eligible male staff in Japan took parental depart in 2021. The authorities goals to boost that quantity to 50 p.c in three years.
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