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Key Strategy Council for "Japan Supporting Children and Families"
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the first meeting of the Key Strategy Council for "Japan Supporting Children and Families" at the Prime Minister's Official Residence. In view of a drastic decline of the youth population forecast to start in 2030, the Council is designed to deliberate on the reorganization and implementation of effective measures in every aspect, including institutions, policy and reform of awareness, with the basic concept of "cherishing every child and every family." The Council is scheduled to draw up its basic ideas in June this year and reflect them in the government's Basic Policy. At the meeting, Prime Minister Abe said, "Now is the time to focus on what we need to do to realize the Japanese people's hopes regarding marriage and having children, and reorganize and implement effective measures to that end. For this reason, I will draw up key strategies for Japan to support children so that we can transform the promising signs seen in recent data on the numbers of births and marriages into steady currents. I am determined to draw on the full power of the Cabinet in working seriously on these issues, and to come up with a national system that will work 50 and 100 years from now."
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