The Dhaka Times Desk As the birth rate has decreased alarmingly, the Japanese government will give a lot of money if the couple has a child!
The Japanese government will give the couple 500,000 yen if they give birth to a child. Till now 4 lakh 20 thousand yen was given. This time, the government will give an additional 80 thousand yen or 592 dollars. This is how the Japanese government encourages couples to have children. But now the question has arisen, how can Japan increase the birth rate?
Critics say the Japanese are struggling to cope with the shock of baby costs, with prices rising and people's incomes stagnating or falling. Many say that this problem will not be solved with some money. Such attempts have also failed in the past. It may be the same this time. This new proposal is scheduled to be launched from April 1, 2023.
Japan's population is decreasing day by day. In 2017, the population of Japan was 12.8 million. In 2021, it decreased to 12 crore 57 lakh. According to an article published in a medical journal before Corona, Japan's population will reach 53 million by the end of this century.
In recent decades, Japanese people have been marrying at a slightly older age. That is why they are having fewer children. The main reason for this is financial poverty. Due to corona, war in Ukraine, inflation, this problem has increased, books have not decreased.
The statistics released by the country's Ministry of Health show that 384,942 babies were born in the first six months of this year, which is 5 percent less than last year. The ministry estimates that the number of child births in the entire year will be less than 8 lakh. Which has never happened since 1899.
The Japanese think that the money needed to raise a child is huge. Ayako, a housewife in Tokyo, said that she had received money from the government. He has a son. However, he could not fully cover the cost of the hospital with the money given by the government. The newspaper Mainichi reported that it costs an average of 473,000 yen to give birth by caesarean section in Japan.
In this situation, whether the new initiative of the Japanese government will be successful or not, there is still doubt.
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