Government to pay 420,000 yen to couples who make babies

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    If you’re planning to help Japan stem its declining birthrate, it might be a good idea to wait a couple months so your kid will be born after October of next year:

    The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has decided to raise the lump-sum payment for childbirth and child rearing from the current 350,000 yen to 420,000 yen from October 2009, it was learned.

    The plan was submitted to a meeting of the Social Security Council, an advisory body to the ministry, on Friday.

    As a decision to increase the payment from 350,000 yen to 380,000 yen from January 2009 has already been made, the additional sum will be 40,000 yen.

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