The number of newborns in Japan in 2020 is only 870,000!

While many Chinese people are secretly rejoicing over the news that the country may allow three children, Japan, our neighboring country across the sea, is having a headache over the decline in the number of newborn births in the country!

Every year, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan counts the number of births in the past year to clarify the detailed population change trend in Japan. In Japan, the decline in the number of newborns is called the "declining birth rate trend", and unfortunately, Japan's declining birth rate trend has been continuously worsening.

According to the preliminary statistics on population dynamics released by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan on February 22, Japan time , the number of newborns in Japan in 2020 was 873,000, a year-on-year decrease of 2.9%, setting a record low.

In 2017 , the number of births in Japan was about 946,000 , but in 2018 it decreased by about 28,000 to 918,000 . In 2019 , the number dropped again to 899,000. Judging from this set of data, Japan's birth rate is declining at a faster rate and scale than expected.

In addition to the reasons that Japanese people marry and have children late, the marriage rate is declining year by year, and the fertility is declining, there is another important reason, which is that they can't afford to raise a child!

How expensive is it to raise a child in Japan? Although Japan is a developed country, the cost is staggering.

The 1993 edition of the "Health and Welfare White Paper" published by the Japanese government made a rough estimate of the "cost of raising a child" , including education and food expenses , and concluded that "it takes about 20 million yen to raise a child to adulthood . "

And this was the cost more than 20 years ago. According to today's cost, it would be much more!

The average cost of raising a child aged 0-22 is 16.4 million yen (approximately RMB 1 million) , including the child's food, clothing, maintenance, pocket money, various personal items, etc.

When it comes to school , in addition to various daily expenses, if you attend public schools from kindergarten to high school, the cost is about 5 million yen (about 300,000 RMB). If you attend all private schools , the cost is about 16 million yen (about 1 million RMB) . As for university, the cost of a 4-year national university in Japan is about 5.11 million yen. The cost of a 4-year private university (liberal arts and science) is an average of 7 million yen.

The total cost is approximately between 26.51 million yen and 39.4 million yen (approximately 1.62 million to 2.4 million RMB), and this does not include the cost of tutoring classes, interest classes, and other education .

Although this figure may not be completely accurate, it can be seen that the cost of raising children in Japan is so huge. Although the Japanese government has continuously implemented some preferential policies and measures in recent years, the effect is minimal.

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