The proposed policy shift comes amid ongoing efforts by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's administration to address Japan's demographic crisis. Under the plan, childbirth-related medical expenses ...

A stock image of a mother holding her baby after giving birth at a hospital in Japan. Uncredited/Kyodo via AP The proposed policy shift comes amid ongoing efforts by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ...

Japan must stop being overly optimistic about how quickly its population is going to shrink, economists have warned, as ...

Additionally, the government has expanded childcare facilities, offered housing subsidies, and even launched an official dating application to encourage marriage and childbirth. However, analysts ...

The government should cover out-of-pocket childbirth fees ... The proposal follows a child care policy package adopted in 2023 to reverse Japan’s declining birthrate by supporting families ...

Maybe most graphically (and demographically) there's Japan: a country that ... The continuing slide in the birth rate clearly indicates our current policy isn't working at all.

Japan's health ministry is set to eliminate ... One proposed approach in the policy approved Wednesday by a panel of experts involves fully covering expenses for normal deliveries under the public ...

Japan’s health ministry is set to ... to address the country’s declining birth rate. One proposed approach in the policy approved on Wednesday by a panel of experts involves fully covering ...

Japan is likely to cover parents ... The health ministry adopted a childcare policy package in 2023 to reverse the declining birth rate by supporting new families financially.

The Japanese government says urgent policy changes are needed to persuade women to have more children. Japan currently has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. Discrimination in the workplace ...