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    Despite a budget of 7.5 trillion yen, Japan's "Children and Family Agency" has shown few results
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    Despite a budget of 7.5 trillion yen, Japan’s “Children and Family Agency” has shown few results

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    1. Maleficent-Cook-3668 on

      Has it really shown “no results”? Most of Japan’s comparable neighbours have substantially lower birth rate than Japan as of 2026.

      For reference, Japan is 1.12 TFR, while Taiwan is 0.7, Hong Kong 0.73, Korea 0.8, China 1.0, and Singapore 0.87. So Japan is +20% to +50% compared to those nations. That’s not bad at all, comparatively.

      Yes, it’s still nowhere near replacement rate, but we should be honest about the math and counter-factual.

    2. ragequitteroffureh on

      From the article:

      > Meanwhile, despite the increase in the budget, the declining birthrate has not been curbed …

      That’s because a good portion of the reasons for people not fucking is taking place *before* children are (not) being born.

      Do the children and workers ministers never actually speak to each other?

      Shit, have either of them actually tried speaking to hot singles in their area who would perhaps like to be 50% of a hot couple?

      I’m guessing not.

    3. Terrible-Today5452 on

      It is not working perfectly because the main causes of this problem are not properly understood.

      – buying a house is too expensive (40-50% of your lifetime income
      – decent education is super expensive.

      What do you think guys?

    4. Friendly_Software11 on

      Instead of throwing money into the furnace that is the children and family agency, they could just give it to me. I would do sth useful with it. Just saying

    6. LostRadio8453 on

      Possible evaluation metrics would include the fertility rate, the number of births, the gap between desired and actual fertility, child suicide rates, serious child abuse cases, school absenteeism, serious bullying cases, child poverty rates, daycare and after-school care waiting lists, the rate of men taking parental leave, and the perceived financial burden on families raising children.

      That said, the Children and Families Agency has only existed for a few years, so it is too early to judge its results. It was created to address the fragmented, vertically divided administration of child-related policies and to handle areas such as childcare, child abuse prevention, child poverty, support for children with disabilities, and measures against the declining birthrate in a more integrated way.

      Indicators such as fertility rates and child suicide rates are important, but they do not improve dramatically in a short period of time. They are also affected by factors the agency cannot fully control, such as the economy, wages, housing costs, education costs, employment conditions, and regional differences.

      To evaluate it fairly, I think we need to wait at least until around 2028.