Prime Minister Japan Fumio Kishida was genuinely concerned about the low birth rate and aging population. The Japanese government immediately formed a special agency to handle it.
Kishida mentioned Japan’s population crisis considered acute. Referring to data from the World Bank, Japan records that the proportion of the population aged 65 years and over in Japan is the second highest in the world, only losing to Monaco.
“The number of births is expected to fall below 800,000 last year,” Kishida said before lawmakers, as quoted AFPTuesday (24/1/2023).
Kishida emphasized that policies regarding children and childcare were issues that could not be underestimated. The government will soon create a Child and Family Agency in April. The agency is designed to support parents and ensure the sustainability of the world’s third largest economy.
“We must build a child-first social economy to reverse low birth rates,” he said.
Currently, Japan has a population of 125 million. Japan has been looking for ways to meet the needs of its rapidly growing aging population for a long time.
Birth rates are slowing in a number of countries due to several factors including rising living costs, more women entering the workforce and some people choosing to delay having children. The situation was exacerbated by the pandemic.
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