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alojapan.com/1275448/japan-cou Japan Could Change Childbirth Rules Amid Efforts to Boost Birth Rates #BirthRate #childbirth #children #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news Japan is poised to significantly overhaul its approach to childbirth costs as part of a sweeping initiative to tackle its declining birth rate. A government panel has recommended making childbirth free, a move the health ministry says could take effect as early as April 2026. Newsweek has conta…

This Mother’s Day, let’s talk about why birth rates are really declining

Katrina vanden Heuvel

It’s one thing to force giving birth. Americans deserve leaders who will fight for those kids after they’re born not face a Fascist government
about to take billions from children’s education, food and healthcare.

#BirthRate #MothersDay
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The Guardian · This Mother’s Day, let’s talk about why birth rates are really decliningBy Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Our @CultureDesk shared Lyz Lenz’s story for her newsletter, Men Yell At Me earlier this week, and we’re sharing it again. How could we not celebrate the sublime writing of Lenz on the subject of the drive to fight the declining birthrate, and Trump’s ambition to be the “fertilization president?” “Just the phrase ‘fertilization president’ made millions and millions of embryos in the bodies of women yeet themselves themselves right on out of their respective uteruses,” she writes. “They were like ‘send me into the ocean with the microplastics, I’d rather live there than turn into an American son forced to grow up grunting in gyms, optimizing my sales techniques, wearing tight Andrew Tate-ass pants, and calling women “females” online, as our civilization slowly collapses and women would rather watch “Pride and Prejudice” for the seven millionth time than text me back.’”

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Men Yell at Me · Dingus of the Week: The Men’s Cabinet on Incentivizing Females to BabyBy lyz

alojapan.com/1247661/japan-sin Japan Sinks Further Into Population Crisis #ageing #BirthRate #demographics #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #Population The Japanese government has issued another grim update as the window for preventing a demographic crisis continues to narrow. The country’s population shrank by nearly 900,000 people in the year leading up to October 1, according to statistics released Monday by Japan’s internal affairs ministry. Why It Matte…

alojapan.com/1223104/japans-to Japan’s tourism is booming but staff shortage threatens to derail 2030 goal #ArtificialIntelligence #BirthRate #Hokkaido #Japan #JapanTravel #JapanTravelBureau #Kyoto #ManpowerShortage #Niseko #TourismSector #travel The booming Japanese tourism sector may face a severe challenge in the years ahead to sustain its growth due to a shortfall of more than 500,000 workers by 2030, according to a report by a local think tank.Industry insiders noted…