Japanese government to provide subsidies to married couples from April 2021 to boost birth rate

 To address the birth rate of its people, the Japanese government has decided to fund part of a program to support newlyweds from April 2021. This goes on. Couples will be able to receive up to 600,000 yen (over $ 5,753) in allowances to cover expenses while they prepare to start. Family life.

According to a Japanese government source quoted by Kyodo News on September 20, 2020, Japan is facing a low birth rate. Caused in large part by the tendency of Japanese people to marry late or decide not to marry at all. After seeing that the problem is deeply rooted in Japanese society. In this way, the Japanese government will try to encourage its citizens to get married by launching programs to support the future of Japanese couples.

To be eligible for the event, both Japanese spouses must be under 40 years of age by the date of registration, Kyodo News Agency reported. Married. Another condition is that the two must have a combined annual income of less than 5.4 million yen or more than $ 50,000.

The reason is that these cities have to pay half of the cost of the program. However, as of July 2020, the implementation of this financial support program has not been implemented nationwide, only 15 Only a percentage of Japan's total cities.

Please be informed that the Central Government of Japan will reimburse up to two-thirds of the total cost of this program, which will be taken from the budget. The coming nation of 2021. This is to encourage more Japanese cities to implement this newlywed couple support program. The program is part of the Japanese government's efforts to address low birth rates in the country. Only 865,000 people were born in 2019, the lowest figure.

According to a 2015 survey by the National Institute of Social Security and the people of Japan, such subsidies are An effective method to encourage people to get married, as 29% of single Japanese men between the ages of 25-34 and Japanese women About 17.8 percent of single people cite a lack of money as a reason for them to decide not to get married.