Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the next six to seven years will be Japan’s last chance to reverse its declining birth trend theSun theSundaily childcare birthrate decline benefits leave employees government Japan WorldNews
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks about his parent policy at a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo on March 17, 2023. - REUTERSPIX: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday vowed to increase childcare leave benefits in a bid to reverse the country’s plummeting birthrate.
Kishida said the government will provide assistance to employers to encourage their male staff to take childcare leave. Only about 14 percent of eligible male workers in Japan took parental leave in 2021, while the government aims to raise the figure to 50 per cent in three years.
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