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The current PM has said he'd like to double govt spending on child benefits. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-pm-kishida-its-now-or-never-stop-s

• labster 4y ago
  They need an order of magnitude more spending. Child care is expensive and hard to find, and so is housing.
• grugagag 4y ago
  It’ll take some time for the effects to materialize. Second, many possible future parents realize how burdened their children would be in the population pyramid which is inverted beyond hope at this point.
• DoingIsLearning 4y ago
  If child related policies don't cover a fraction of childcare then doubling that fraction won't move the needle.
• majikaja 4y ago
  Didn't they later say that 'double' was a figure of speech, and that they would increase it /after/ birth rates increase?