And let's move on to some worrying news. A survey by a pharmaceutical company says that about half of single people under 30 in Japan are not interested in having children .
Japan – Half of single people say they do not want to have children
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Therefore, interviewees mentioned financial concerns and the burden of childbirth as reasons.
Of the 400 respondents aged 18 to 29, 49.4% said they did not want children, the highest percentage in the last three annual pregnancy surveys conducted by Rohto Pharmaceutical.
By gender, it was found that 53.0% of men and 45.6% of women are not interested in becoming mothers , citing reasons such as high cost and anxiety about Japan's future.
The results of the survey conducted in January came after government data showed that the number of babies born in the country last year fell below 800,000 for the first time since records began in 1899. To reverse the trend of falling birth rates birth rate in a rapidly aging country, the government launched the Child and Family Agency in April, charged with overseeing children's policies.
According to the study, which also included 800 couples ages 25 to 44, 48.1 percent of married men and women who wanted children cooperated with their partner's fertility efforts.
Finally, this number is a significant drop from the 60.3% in the fiscal year 2020 survey.
Source: Mainichi
