Japan's government will set aside $26 billion for new child care measures, slightly more than earlier estimated, in a move likely to add more debt to the industrial world's heaviest public debt ...

Japan's birth rate fell to a record low of 1.26 in 2022 from 1.57 in 1990. ... Japan’s PM Kishida unveils new childcare plan amid talk of ... Japan PM Kishida orders $34b to be set aside for ...