As part of its efforts to combat the declining birthrate, the government collects funds through public health insurance under the Child and Childcare Support System. Estimates of the amount of support for each type of medical insurance have been made public for the first time.

Both the ruling and opposition parties have complained that the explanation is difficult to understand, but will it really be a new burden? (Shino Mitou, Taichi Takahashi, Kohei Kano) table of contents What is your “support amount”? Is it true that there is “no real burden’? The explanation is not a lie, but...