Japan PM under fire for linking loans to having babies
Deccan ChronicleTokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has come under fire for his party's proposal to reduce student debt for those who have children, as the country struggles to raise its low birthrate. Kishida has pledged "unprecedented" measures to tackle the country's perennially low birthrate, and his Liberal Democratic Party is reportedly drafting a set of policy recommendations on the issue for the government. "The LDP's policies always treating humans as if they are livestock," history writer Masahiro Yamazaki said in another tweet. In a policy address in January, Kishida said Japan's low birth rate and ageing population posed an urgent risk to society, adding that "focusing attention on policies regarding children and child-rearing is an issue that cannot wait and cannot be postponed".
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