A new meeting was held among related ministries and agencies in order to materialize the "different dimension of countermeasures against the declining birthrate" that Prime Minister Kishida is aiming for. He expressed the idea that he would like to create a draft for countermeasures against the declining birthrate.

Under the direction of Prime Minister Kishida, the government plans to set up a new meeting of related ministries and agencies under Minister Ogura, who is in charge of the declining birthrate, and plans to put together a draft of concrete measures by the end of March.・The first meeting was held at the government building in Nagatacho.



Minister Ogura said, ``I would like to show what we should aim for in strengthening policies and what we should accelerate for the time being so that we can make rapid progress toward solving long-standing issues, not just the gradual measures we have taken so far. ' said.



He added, "Countering the declining birthrate is the most important issue for the Kishida administration. Solving the declining birthrate is the most important investment in the future that determines the existence of society. I would like to create an unprecedented bold draft."



At the meeting, we confirmed the policy to put together a draft by interviewing experts and others in the future.

Background and Future Plans of Related Ministries Meetings

Regarding countermeasures against the declining birthrate, Prime Minister Kishida stated at a press conference at the beginning of the year on the 4th of this month that he would like to make this year a year to challenge countermeasures against the declining birthrate in a different dimension.



Then, two days later, Minister Ogura was called to the Prime Minister's official residence to set up a new meeting of related ministries and agencies to strengthen measures, and to expand economic support centered on child allowances. I instructed them to put together a rough draft of the policy by the end of March.



The meetings of related ministries are chaired by Minister Ogura,

and in addition to the ministries directly involved in child and child-rearing policy, such as the


Cabinet Office,


the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the Ministry of


Health, Labor and Welfare, the Ministry of

Finance and the

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

In addition, ▽ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, which is in charge of housing policy,

also has a director-level official as a member, and it is composed of 18 people in total.

The meeting is scheduled to be held five times, including the 19th, by the end of March, and we will hear opinions from experts and people with child-rearing experience.

In addition, Prime Minister Kishida indicated the basic direction of the measures: ▽

Expansion of economic support centered on child allowances,

▽Enhancement of early childhood education and childcare services,

▽Work styles including strengthening of the childcare leave system. Discussions will focus on the three points of promoting reforms, and we will put together a draft.

After that, the Children and Families Agency, which will be launched in April, will proceed with further detailed discussions, and by the time Prime Minister Kishida formulates the "Basic Policy" in June, a broad framework for doubling the child budget will be drawn up. Based on the clarification policy, we plan to aim to compile specific measures.