The ruling and opposition parties agree to start deliberating the bill on April 2nd on the “Support Subsidy System” to counter the declining birthrate.

In response to the government's announcement of estimates for each type of insurance regarding the "support subsidy system," which is collected through public medical insurance to combat the declining birthrate, the ruling and opposition parties asked Prime Minister Kishida at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on April 2nd. requested their attendance, and agreed to begin deliberations on a bill that includes the creation of a support subsidy system and the expansion of child allowances.

Minister for Children's Policy Kato: ``We want to clearly communicate the significance and content of the system.''

At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Minister of State for Children's Policy Kato said, ``In future bill deliberations, we will firmly communicate the expansion of benefits, such as strengthening financial support through life stages, and the significance and content of the support subsidy system that supports this. I want to do that.''

He went on to say, ``I would like to make efforts to help people understand the idea that ``all generations and all economic actors should support children and child-rearing households, which will support the future of Japan's local communities, through both benefits and contributions.''

Representative Izumi Ritmin: “We can’t avoid cheating or paying too much.”

Representative Izumi of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan said at a press conference, ``This is unreliable.In the first place, they said things like ``there will be no increase in burden'' and ``just under 500 yen per person.''I don't know what assumptions were made in this estimate. "I think they are trying to make it appear that the cost does not exceed 1,000 yen per person. I would like to address the repeated deceptions and generous calculations at a parliamentary committee in the future."

Meiji Restoration Committee Chairman Endo: ``It's better to talk about how much we need to bear''

Endo, chairman of the Japan Restoration Party's Diet Measures Committee, told reporters, ``Since the estimates were announced, Prime Minister Kishida honestly said, ``We need to pay this much in order to stop the current declining birthrate.'' "It's better. The people will trust you more than if you add a lot of substance to your story and tell a different story."