Japan's Initiative for Population Growth: Plan for local populations due in January

[Aepsilons]

The government will compile a comprehensive strategy in January to keep the nation’s population above 100 million in 2060 by drafting measures to maintain the population in each prefecture, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The government plans to involve not only local governments but also economic organizations in devising the comprehensive strategy, which will include detailed measures to be taken over five years from fiscal 2015. It opened a preparation office on Friday to inaugurate a task force that will play a central role in reinventing provincial areas in the country.

“I want the ministries and agencies to overcome sectionalism and share ideas with each other to reinvent provincial areas,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at the ceremony to launch the preparation office.

The task force is to be officially established in September and chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In addition to a monthly meeting, it will also convene vice-ministerial meetings of relevant ministries and agencies to review the taxation system and tax allocations to local governments.

A panel of experts with the task force is also to meet monthly to study what to include in the government’s “long-term vision” and “comprehensive strategy” to be released in January.

Issues to be discussed initially at the task force will include establishment of an administrative section to advise people who want to move to provincial areas so the excessive concentration of the population in Tokyo can be alleviated. The use of land, including abandoned farmland, is also to be reviewed at the task force to encourage the restructuring of depopulated areas.

Policies not related to rural areas are also to be studied. One is to create a new employment system to secure a yearly household income of ¥5 million, so young people do not give up marrying or having children due to economic constraints.

Another topic is how to expand the child-care leave system to more workers, including nonregular employees.

The government plans to encourage each prefecture to draw up a “regional population vision” by next March, based on the nation’s comprehensive strategy. This is to include estimates for changes in population, tax revenues and corporate activity in each region.

Based on this, each prefecture is to create a “local comprehensive strategy” in fiscal 2015.

To publicize this series of measures to address population decline and other initiatives, the government is considering publishing a population white paper.

To carry out these plans, the government will request ¥1 trillion in the fiscal 2015 budget as a special quota for the reinvention of provincial areas.


Plan for local populations due in Jan. - The Japan News

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Good news ! It's Baby Making Time....

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Do let me know if any help is required

 

[Aepsilons]

Do let me know if any help is required

LOL! Go to Japan and sow your royal oats. The more the merrier.

 

[AUz]

Iran and wider Muslim World needs to study Japan closely.

Management of our populations and their prosperity is a very important issue...

 

[Aepsilons]

I honestly think the Government just needs to relax the immigration limitations. I've noticed the biracial Japanese families tend to have a healthy amount of children.

For example, Pakistani-Japanese families or Indian-Japanese families have any where between 3-4 children. As compared to the traditional Japanese families of having 1-2 children.

Iran and wider Muslim World needs to study Japan closely.

Management of our populations and their prosperity is a very important issue...

I think a nation should balance productivity with a healthy family proliferation rate. The problem with Japanese nowadays is that there is too much emphasis on professionalism , and uber-work. To the point that professionals don't have time to raise families, or do so later in life.

Our Government needs to entice more women to be stay at home mothers. Or provide greater subsidies and maternity leave benefits.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Well its alarming , why Japan has low level of population but the truth is Japanese do work alot 12 hour shifts so they don't have time to do the "other" activities becasue they are tired when they get to home and that is the simple answer

Japan in general has had good ties with Pakistan , if the Japanese / Chinese relations were good , perhaps Japan - Pakistan - China would have been a great coperative alliance

Normally most Japanese I have met are generally very friendly to Pakistani

 

[Aepsilons]

Well its alarming , why Japan has low level of population but the truth is Japanese do work alot 12 hour shifts so they don't have time to do the "other" activities becasue they are tired when they get to home and that is the simple answer

Japan in general has had good ties with Pakistan , if the Japanese / Chinese relations were good , perhaps Japan - Pakistan - China would have been a great coperative alliance

I agree with you on regards to the work hours. Too many young generation are focused on work and education, and sacrifice family time, or starting family.

I'm amazed that some families in the Middle East and South Asia can raise and support 4+ children. They live modestly, but at least there is a healthy family unit.

What ever factors that South Asia, South East Asia has to encourage such high reproductive rate, it should be studied and applied to Japan. In Earnest.

 

[Luftwaffe]

The government will compile a comprehensive strategy in January to keep the nation’s population above 100 million in 2060 by drafting measures to maintain the population in each prefecture, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The government plans to involve not only local governments but also economic organizations in devising the comprehensive strategy, which will include detailed measures to be taken over five years from fiscal 2015. It opened a preparation office on Friday to inaugurate a task force that will play a central role in reinventing provincial areas in the country.

“I want the ministries and agencies to overcome sectionalism and share ideas with each other to reinvent provincial areas,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at the ceremony to launch the preparation office.

The task force is to be officially established in September and chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In addition to a monthly meeting, it will also convene vice-ministerial meetings of relevant ministries and agencies to review the taxation system and tax allocations to local governments.

A panel of experts with the task force is also to meet monthly to study what to include in the government’s “long-term vision” and “comprehensive strategy” to be released in January.

Issues to be discussed initially at the task force will include establishment of an administrative section to advise people who want to move to provincial areas so the excessive concentration of the population in Tokyo can be alleviated. The use of land, including abandoned farmland, is also to be reviewed at the task force to encourage the restructuring of depopulated areas.

Policies not related to rural areas are also to be studied. One is to create a new employment system to secure a yearly household income of ¥5 million, so young people do not give up marrying or having children due to economic constraints.

Another topic is how to expand the child-care leave system to more workers, including nonregular employees.

The government plans to encourage each prefecture to draw up a “regional population vision” by next March, based on the nation’s comprehensive strategy. This is to include estimates for changes in population, tax revenues and corporate activity in each region.

Based on this, each prefecture is to create a “local comprehensive strategy” in fiscal 2015.

To publicize this series of measures to address population decline and other initiatives, the government is considering publishing a population white paper.

To carry out these plans, the government will request ¥1 trillion in the fiscal 2015 budget as a special quota for the reinvention of provincial areas.


Plan for local populations due in Jan. - The Japan News

=====================


Good news ! It's Baby Making Time....

I'm In Thanks ...

 

[TheNoob]

@Nihonjin1051
Well then.
Tell me an easy way to get neutrality there.
I'll love to contribute.

 

[Aepsilons]

This is crisis not only for Japan, but South Korea as well. It is very important that we tackle this issue.

 

[gangsta_rap]

Ban anime problem solved

 

[waz]

A few things can work;

-Reduce working hours. Men and women feel tired and don't want to make love.
-Encourage marriage amongst young Japanese. Give tax breaks, subsidised loans for buying houses and so forth.
-Equal pay for the sexes and give Japanese women flexible working opportunities, so the work and life balance is kept.
-Some more public holidays will help.
-Have government campaigns encouraging folks to get together.
-The media should also have those crazy game shows, but this time they involve meeting and going out with the opposite sex.

Good luck Japan, may you multiply amen.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Generally there is no problem in younger generation geting busy with it , the problem I think they have is their "Corporate Culture" after world war , they worked really hard and respect to Japanes these worked their way up no short cuts.

But that means they work 8 hours shifts + 4 hour overtime and then take train home "Bullet Train" sometimes people live 1.5-2 hours away so they travel on trains late

We could help if some of the work can be outsourced to Pakistan more fun time for Japanese

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

The problem is cultural & government scheme more often than not never turns out the way people hope.

For instance in Indonesia (wong jowo) when people ask you when are you going to get married. That's secretly an order that you must OBEY.

 

[Echo_419]

The government will compile a comprehensive strategy in January to keep the nation’s population above 100 million in 2060 by drafting measures to maintain the population in each prefecture, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The government plans to involve not only local governments but also economic organizations in devising the comprehensive strategy, which will include detailed measures to be taken over five years from fiscal 2015. It opened a preparation office on Friday to inaugurate a task force that will play a central role in reinventing provincial areas in the country.

“I want the ministries and agencies to overcome sectionalism and share ideas with each other to reinvent provincial areas,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at the ceremony to launch the preparation office.

The task force is to be officially established in September and chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In addition to a monthly meeting, it will also convene vice-ministerial meetings of relevant ministries and agencies to review the taxation system and tax allocations to local governments.

A panel of experts with the task force is also to meet monthly to study what to include in the government’s “long-term vision” and “comprehensive strategy” to be released in January.

Issues to be discussed initially at the task force will include establishment of an administrative section to advise people who want to move to provincial areas so the excessive concentration of the population in Tokyo can be alleviated. The use of land, including abandoned farmland, is also to be reviewed at the task force to encourage the restructuring of depopulated areas.

Policies not related to rural areas are also to be studied. One is to create a new employment system to secure a yearly household income of ¥5 million, so young people do not give up marrying or having children due to economic constraints.

Another topic is how to expand the child-care leave system to more workers, including nonregular employees.

The government plans to encourage each prefecture to draw up a “regional population vision” by next March, based on the nation’s comprehensive strategy. This is to include estimates for changes in population, tax revenues and corporate activity in each region.

Based on this, each prefecture is to create a “local comprehensive strategy” in fiscal 2015.

To publicize this series of measures to address population decline and other initiatives, the government is considering publishing a population white paper.

To carry out these plans, the government will request ¥1 trillion in the fiscal 2015 budget as a special quota for the reinvention of provincial areas.


Plan for local populations due in Jan. - The Japan News

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Good news ! It's Baby Making Time....

Let me need if you Folks need help there