Essentially, nah. Everyone in Japan wants to increase birthrate and they’re trying things to reach that end but they’re not willing to take effective actions. Young people that work 12 hour days and never will be able to afford a house don’t want to have children - limiting overtime and overhauling the housing market negatively impact short term profits so they’re a bridge too far for politicians. They are trying a lot of other things but the actual solutions aren’t being seriously considered.
In Japan, that’s not really seen so much as an issue (if you mean free-standing house). Flat-35 loans here are still extremely low interest and not expensive so it’s certainly doable for a couple to buy a condo.
The 12-hour-days thing I think is also overblown in the current climate. Not to say it doesn’t exist, but it’s definitely not everywhere.
I don’t know what you mean about the housing market; housing in Japan can be far more affordable than other places (I was in the market for a house here for a while and bought one recently). As I posted elsewhere, the government has been instituting more policies about overtime and such, but getting people to follow them due to societal norms and pressure is harder.
I do agree that the government isn’t solving several of the actual problems (daycare access, for one), but I think we disagree on what some of those problems are.
Essentially, nah. Everyone in Japan wants to increase birthrate and they’re trying things to reach that end but they’re not willing to take effective actions. Young people that work 12 hour days and never will be able to afford a house don’t want to have children - limiting overtime and overhauling the housing market negatively impact short term profits so they’re a bridge too far for politicians. They are trying a lot of other things but the actual solutions aren’t being seriously considered.
In Japan, that’s not really seen so much as an issue (if you mean free-standing house). Flat-35 loans here are still extremely low interest and not expensive so it’s certainly doable for a couple to buy a condo.
The 12-hour-days thing I think is also overblown in the current climate. Not to say it doesn’t exist, but it’s definitely not everywhere.
I don’t know what you mean about the housing market; housing in Japan can be far more affordable than other places (I was in the market for a house here for a while and bought one recently). As I posted elsewhere, the government has been instituting more policies about overtime and such, but getting people to follow them due to societal norms and pressure is harder.
I do agree that the government isn’t solving several of the actual problems (daycare access, for one), but I think we disagree on what some of those problems are.