Tag Archives: Japan birth rate

Media watch: Koreans reconsider unwed parenthood

Posted on June 1, 2025 by philipbrasor

Last Friday, the Japanese Diet took up the issue of separate names for married couples for the first time in 28 years. Though the debate about bessei—allowing partners who wed to retain their individual birth surnames rather than forcing them … Continue reading →

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Media watch: Local governments finance potential future mothers as marriages decline

Posted on March 25, 2024 by philipbrasor

Though the dwindling birth rate continues to be an important media topic, two recent news items, taken together, highlight one of the less remarked upon reasons for the lack of babies in Japan. At the end of February, the welfare … Continue reading →

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Media watch: Newspaper reveals that fertility rate isn’t what it’s cracked up to be

Posted on July 4, 2023 by philipbrasor

While attending a recent symposium sponsored by the Cabinet on Japan’s low birthrate, which the government has pledged to raise by any means possible, a reporter for Tokyo Shimbun discovered that the so-called fertility rate statistic published by the government … Continue reading →

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