Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida On January 23, Japan warned that Japan is on the verge of “losing social function” due to a sharp drop in the birth rate, so this is a top priority issue to be solved by the Government of this country.
The Japanese leader made the above statement in his speech at the opening session of the annual session of the Japanese National Assembly.
Mr. Kishida said last year the number of children born in Japan fell below 800,000 for the first time – the lowest level since the Japanese authorities conducted data compilation. The decline in the birth rate entails a series of consequences such as an aging population, a reduction in the labor force, and increasing social welfare costs.
[Nhật Bản thông qua loạt biện pháp đối phó với tỷ lệ sinh thấp]
Faced with this fact, Mr. Kishida affirmed that his Government will seek to implement “unprecedented” countermeasures to do so. increase birth ratecommitted to creating an economy and society that prioritizes children to reverse the birth rate.
The Japanese leader said he would seek stable financial sources to achieve this goal.
Specifically, Mr. Kishida mentioned the establishment of the Children and Families Agency next April and a plan to be updated in June to increase 50% of the budget allocated for future child rearing. /.
Lan Phuong (VNA/Vietnam+)