The slumping birth rate is a great matter of concern for the country as Japan can face the verge of non-existence if no action will be taken on it. An advisor to Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently claimed that the country will cease to exist if no action will be taken to slow a fall in the birth rate. She further claimed that the falling birth rate in Japan is threatening to wreck the social safety net and economy.
The birth rate in Japan is haunting the country since the officials announced it on February 28. As per reports, the number of babies born last year declined to a record low. As per a report by Bloomberg, Masako Mori during an interview in Tokyo said, ‘If we go on like this, the country will disappear.’ ‘It’s the people who have to live through the process of disappearance who will face enormous harm. It’s a terrible disease that will afflict those children,’ she further added.
Last year about 1.58 million deaths and fewer than 800,000 birth were reported. As per reports, Japan’s Prime Minister has vowed to double spending on children and families to control the declining birth numbers.
