Kishida to Offer Free University Tuition for Families with 3+ children Starting 2025
Kishida to Offer Free University Tuition for Families with 3+ children Starting 2025
In a significant policy shift to tackle Japan's severe decline in birth rates, the Japanese government has offered free college tuition to families with three or more children starting the 2025 academic year. This move is a part of the broader "Children's Future Strategy," which Prime Minister Fumio...
People aren't not having kids here because of university. Fix work-life balance and daycare access in the bigger cities if you want more kids. Better, try to incentivize spreading out from Tokyo and revive the old towns out there. Edit: also, stagnant wages and inflation
Maybe, just maybe, make tuition free for domestic students?
I was scrolling by quickly, and I thought the title was:
Ke$ha Offers Kids Tuition Free Education.
I was simultaneously confused and happy for the children.
While I agree that this isn't exactly a cure-all, these are the types of measures governments actually need to make to reverse population decline.
Other countries aren't doing anything, China offers a one-time payment of up to 3000 bucks for each kid after the first one you make.
Basically useless.
This is a substantially larger investment in citizens enticing them to have larger families.