FILE PHOTO: Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga presents his policy ideas to party members at the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election in its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, September 8, 2020. Du Xiaoyi Pool via REUTERS
TOKYO - Japan’s top government spokesman said on Wednesday that it would be “extremely important” to work towards covering the cost of fertility treatments by the national health insurance system. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference there were currently subsidies that would cover some expenses of fertility treatments.
Suga is on course for a landslide victory in the race to become Japan’s next prime minister, an Asahi newspaper tally showed.
Critical move by a country that's been suffering with stagnancy or little population growth. It's time countries take certain measures keeping in mind long term impact rather than short term and these measures should be inclined not towards economic priorities rather humanitarian