Original title: Abe: it's not too much to say it's a 'national disaster' on the issue of fewer children! ' Now the situation is very serious. It's not too much to say it's a national disaster! " On the 26th, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made such remarks when talking about the problem of fewer children in Japan.
The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) 26 Daily reported that 2019 is nearing the end, and the number of newborns in Japan fell by 900000 for the first time in this year. In the face of such a situation, Abe had a 30 minute interview with Wei Tengsheng, the '100 million general active minister' responsible for the issue of fewer children, at the prime minister's residence that day.
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During the talks, Abe said on the current situation that the number of newborns fell by 900000 for the first time in 2019, 'the situation is very serious now. It's not too much to say it's a national disaster!' Subsequently, Abe also told minister Sato that in order to achieve the Japanese government's goal of "hoping the birth rate" to reach 1.8, he hoped that Sato could promote different policies to deal with it.
After the talks, Sato Shengyi said in an interview with the media that he would promote policy-making and other work this year, and consider putting forward the specific direction to deal with the problem in the government's new 'Policy Outline for the problem of minority children'.
Wei Tengsheng I (data map) source: NHK
In fact, this is not the first time Abe has called the issue of fewer children a 'national disaster'. According to previous reports, Abe made similar remarks as early as the new year press conference in early 2018, and said he would regard the population issue as the core contradiction within the Japanese economy. However, despite many measures taken by the Japanese government, the latest data announced by the Ministry of health, labor and welfare on December 24, 2019 show that the number of births in Japan, which originally hoped that "Linghe baby" could reverse the problem of fewer children, fell to 864000 this year, below 900000 for the first time; The death toll increased by 512000, exceeding 500000 for the first time.