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I cannot find any sources where the government is freaking out. Can you provide some sources? I did find instances of working condition reforms and incentives.

I cannot find any sources where the government is freaking out. Can you provide some sources? I did find instances of working condition reforms and incentives. https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Five-things-to-know-about-Japan-s-work-reform-law https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Five-things-to-know-about-Ja... https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/Tokyo%E2%80%99s-latest-plan-to-boost-birth-rate-Pay-people-100-000-yen-per-baby-they-give-birth-to https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/Tokyo%E2%... https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/events/pdf/expert/24/Policy_Briefs/PB_Japan.pdf https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/events/pdf... As to your question: https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/birth-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/birt... The current birth rate for U.S. in 2022 is 12.012 births per 1000 people https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/JPN/japan/birth-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/JPN/japan/birth-rate The current birth rate for Japan in 2022 is 7.109 births per 1000 people I'd say the number of people who date, marry or have kids is not so different from other countries.

dymk 4y ago
JP governments are exploring drastic options to incentivize people settling down and having kids. Tokyo is considering 100k JPY per year per kid. I’d say that looks like the government version of “freaking out”. Approx ~10k~ 1k USD per year is ~probably~ deffo not going to be enough, though.
- BlargMcLarg 4y ago
  >100k JPY per year per kid >Approx 10k USD per year 100k JPY is 742 dollars. Which of the two numbers did you fuddle?
  - GauntletWizard 4y ago
    The first; It's 100k/Mo/kid, though other numbers have been floated[1] and the current subsidy is already 40kJPY for low-income families[2], where "low-income" is below the average[3]. [1] https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220420/p2a/00m/0na/003000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220420/p2a/00m/0na/00... [2] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/11/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-expand-rent-aid-families-kids/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/11/national/politi... [3] https://wagaya-japan.com/en/journal_detail.php?id=5866 https://wagaya-japan.com/en/journal_detail.php?id=5866
  - dymk 4y ago
    Whoops, screwed that up.
- thematrixturtle 4y ago
  Are you missing a zero? 100k JPY is only 1000 USD.
Tozen 4y ago
You seem to be forgetting that immigration to the U.S. is quite strong, so that supplements the birth rate and tax base (or at least provides cheap labor), where that isn't the case for Japan.

dymk 4y ago

JP governments are exploring drastic options to incentivize people settling down and having kids. Tokyo is considering 100k JPY per year per kid. I’d say that looks like the government version of “freaking out”. Approx ~10k~ 1k USD per year is ~probably~ deffo not going to be enough, though.

BlargMcLarg 4y ago
>100k JPY per year per kid >Approx 10k USD per year 100k JPY is 742 dollars. Which of the two numbers did you fuddle?
- GauntletWizard 4y ago
  The first; It's 100k/Mo/kid, though other numbers have been floated[1] and the current subsidy is already 40kJPY for low-income families[2], where "low-income" is below the average[3]. [1] https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220420/p2a/00m/0na/003000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220420/p2a/00m/0na/00... [2] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/11/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-expand-rent-aid-families-kids/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/11/national/politi... [3] https://wagaya-japan.com/en/journal_detail.php?id=5866 https://wagaya-japan.com/en/journal_detail.php?id=5866
- dymk 4y ago
  Whoops, screwed that up.
thematrixturtle 4y ago
Are you missing a zero? 100k JPY is only 1000 USD.

Tozen 4y ago

You seem to be forgetting that immigration to the U.S. is quite strong, so that supplements the birth rate and tax base (or at least provides cheap labor), where that isn't the case for Japan.