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Feb 23, 2023 • 27 tweets • 7 min read
Kishida is tossing 5 trillion yen at a new agency focusing on children’s policies this spring.
As talks around children mount, here’s a quick look into the state of children in Japan and the overlooked problem of child custody. A thread:
Kishida recently said its low birthrate puts the country on the brink of social dysfunction.
Japan has one of the lowest populations of children in the world, 11.7% of all population. Kishida pledged to create a society that puts them first, but that seems a long way off.
Shinzo Abe wanted more women to work, and they did--the female labor force reached a milestone of 30 million; the participation rate surged to 71% topping that of the US and Europe.
So...is he leaving behind a more gender-equal Japan? I want you to assess: a thread
Abe found the answer to Japan’s shrinking workforce--women who’ve been excluded or held back in the workforce. Declaring “Abenomics is Womenomics, he pushed policies to encourage women to work and have a family at the same time.
