この1年で90万人減 深刻な課題“人口減少” 少子化対策は何のため？ 専門家｢国や社会のためではなく“個人の理想子ども数”を産めるための支援｣

New lives are born that pave the way for the future. The decline continues. (Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, October 2019) "Recognizing that Japan's greatest problem is population decline, we will establish a system to consider measures to address this, including child and child-rearing policies." In her policy speech, Prime Minister Takaichi also identified population decline as a serious national issue. Last year, 686,173 babies were born, the lowest number ever. Meanwhile, 1,605,378 people died, the highest number ever. Japan's population has declined by a net 900,000 people over the past year. There's no end in sight to how we should address the issue of population decline.