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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/07
Index:
1) Top headlines
2) Editorials
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule
4) "Matsuoka shock" sweeps across the political world
5) Scandal ridden forestry association to be dismantled
6) Diet session under stress as ruling camp tries to clear up
pension issues as quickly as possible, pass pension legislation
7) Former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui arrives in Japan today
for a visit, setting off political jitters in the Japanese
government
8) G-8 summit in Germany will tackle global-warming issue, with
Japan trying to play a major role
9) Japan records a 7.8 percent rise in greenhouse gas emissions
since 1990
10) In international tally, Japan's forests did not play expected
role in absorbing greenhouse gases only attaining 70 percent of
goal
11) ASEM foreign ministers unable to resolve differences in views on
global-warming countermeasures
12) Unemployment rate in Japan dips to 3.8 percent, a nine-year low,
as baby-boomer generation starts to retire
13) Income disparity is widening 74 percent of public believe in
Yomiuri poll
14) By 2035, elderly will make up over 30 percent of the Japanese
population, as aging of society speeds up
15) Birth rate recovers to 1.3 level after 6 years reflecting
economic recovery
Articles:
1) TOP HEADLINES
Asahi:
Disrupted Diet: Pension reform bill suddenly submitted apparently to
minimize damage caused by farm minister's death
Mainichi:
Elevator death: Trouble with brake overlooked in last inspection by
maintenance firm
Yomiuri:
Tokyo air pollution lawsuit: Government presents compromise with 1.4
billion yen for measures against asthma
Nihon Keizai:
Birthrate recovered to 1.3 last year, first rise in six years,
reflecting economic improvement
TOKYO 00002400 002 OF 011
Sankei:
Government puts off vote on SIA reform bill; Matsuoka's suicide
linked to Green Resource Agency money scandal?
Tokyo Shimbun:
Pension reform bill obligating SIA to conduct a survey of pension
records submitted to Lower House
Akahata:
JCP makes urgent demand to the government to resolve lost pension
issue
2) EDITORIALS
Asahi:
(1)Ruling parties submit pension reform bill to take responsibility
for their slow action
(2)Suspicions about Green Resources Agency deepen
Mainichi:
(1)Reform of SIA: Resolve the issue of lost records
(2)US and Iran: Continued dialogue needed to bring stability to Iraq
Yomiuri:
(1)Small business measures: Careful monitoring needed to prevent
bullying of subcontractors
(2)US-Iran talks: Will direct dialogue make progress?
Nihon Keizai:
(1)Employment continues to grow, but regional disparities remain
(2)Important for US, Iran to continue dialogue
Sankei:
(1)Ruling and opposition parties both responsible for SIA disaster
(2)Cannes award: Good opportunity to boost Japanese movies
Tokyo Shimbun:
(1)Former Green Resources Agency director commits suicide:
Suspicions must be aired
(2)Improvement of jobless rate: Measures for the socially weak
should not be put aside
Akahata:
Labor-related bills not enough to combat poverty
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei)
Prime Minister's schedule, May 29
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
May 30, 2007
09:02:
Attended a cabinet meeting. Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki stayed
on.
09:52:
Attended an IT Headquarters meeting held at the Kantei.
10:09:
Met Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry Health Bureau chief Toguchi,
followed by Deputy Foreign Minister Kono.
11:33:
TOKYO 00002400 003 OF 011
Met Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Fuyushiba and Vice
Environment Minister Tamura, followed by LDP Organizational
Department chief Miyaji.
12:31:
Viewed the hearse carrying the body of former MAFF Minister Matsuoka
at the Kantei with Shiozaki and other cabinet ministers.
12:36:
Had lunch at the Kantei with Japan's Independent Institute President
Shigeharu Aoyama.
15:28:
Taped a video message for the annual meeting of the Global
Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment in the presence
of advisor Seko.
16:49:
Met J8 Summit Japan representative Momoko Kato and others in the
presence of UNICEF Japan Ambassador Agnes Chan.
17:20:
Attended a Global Warming Countermeasures Headquarters meeting.
17:45:
Met advisor Yamatani.
18:00:
Met a European Parliament delegation Japan in the presence of
Japanese delegation leader Taro Nakayama. Afterward met Internal
Affairs and Communications Minister Suga.
19:01:
Had dinner at his official residence with fourth-term LDP Lower
House members, including Suga.
4) Matsuoka's suicide continues to rock political community; Ruling
bloc changes its strategy, opposition camp to continue locking horns
with ruling parties
SANKEI (Page 5) (Excerpts)
May 30, 2007
The suicide on May 28 of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka continued to rock the political
community yesterday. The government and the ruling coalition
postponed its plan yesterday to take a vote at a Lower House plenary
session on bills to reform the Social Insurance Agency (SIA) in
order to avoid the opposition bloc's fierce resistance, such as a
no-confidence motion against Health, Labor and Welfare Minister
Hakuo Yanagisawa. The opposition camp is determined to block the
bills, saying Diet deliberations were insufficient. Chances are
diminishing for legislation to reform the civil servant system and
three labor-related bills to clear the Diet in the current session.
A battle over those bills between the ruling and opposition camps is
likely to intensify toward the end of the current Diet session on
June 23.
"The Diet cannot be allowed to stall even a day," Liberal Democratic
Party Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Toshihiro Nikai said to
reporters in the Diet building around noon yesterday, expressing his
eagerness for taking a vote on the SIA-related bills.
The opposition bloc put up resistance by brandishing the possibility
of filing a no-confidence motion against the health, labor and
welfare minister. The ruling camp decided by last evening to
postpone a vote until May 31, reversing its initial plan.
The ruling bloc now aims to get the SIA reform bills and another
bill eliminating the statute of limitations to cover unpaid pension
TOKYO 00002400 004 OF 011
benefits in full approved by the Lower House as a set on May 31.
Meanwhile the LDP, envisioning the opposition camp's weakened
pursuit of the question of unclear office expenses by fund
management organizations following his suicide, is planning to on
the offensive on revising the Political Funds Control Law.
In yesterday's General Council meeting, many members indicated that
the law must be revised in a way to prohibit fund management
organizations from possessing real estate. As a result, the party
put off obtaining Diet approval of the ruling bloc's bill to revise
the Political Funds Control Law. Aiming to focus on the fact that
major opposition Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) President
Ichiro Ozawa's fund management body possesses many pieces of real
estate, the LDP will submit a bill to the Diet on May 30 obligating
lawmakers to report on the use of real estate possessed by their
fund management organizations.
The Diet affairs chiefs of the ruling parties shared the view that
given a severe outlook on the Diet in its closing phase, no mistakes
are allowed in running Diet business. The ruling camp is determined
to get Diet approval in the current session for three education
reform bills, the SIA reform bills, and a bill amending the Iraq
Special Measures Law. For this reason, the ruling bloc is leaned
toward a decision that other bills must be carried over to the next
Diet session.
Opposition parties, including Minshuto, are planning to continue
grilling the government and the ruling bloc over the question of the
SIA's lost pension premium payment records.
Minshuto Policy Research Council Chairman Takeaki Matsumoto
criticized the ruling bloc's plan to eliminate the statute of
limitations for pensioners, saying, "Why did Prime Minister Abe and
Welfare Minister Yanagisawa, who are supposed to oversee the Social
Insurance Agency, allowed the ruling camp to come up with such a
bill (instead of offering appropriate explanations at the Diet)? The
bill is designed to help the bureaucrats and the Social Insurance
Agency."
The bill reflects the government's decision that it can extend the
time limit without taking a legislative step. A senior Minshuto
member expressed his eagerness to call for public awareness, saying,
"The ruling bloc is calling it a relief bill, which does not merit
to be called a relief measure."
5) Government to dismantle Japan Green Resources Agency
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 1) (Excerpts)
May 30, 2007
In the wake of the discovery of a bureaucrat-initiated bid-rigging
scandal over forest road survey projects, the government decided
yesterday to effectively disband the Japan Green Resources Agency
(J-Green) by abolishing its main business of improving forest roads.
The government has recognized the need to fundamentally review the
origination in order to avoid repetition of bid-rigging. The
government's Council for Regulatory Reform is expected to adopt
today its draft recommendations supporting such a decision.
J-Green is responsible for three businesses: (1) improving forest
roads, (2) improving agricultural land, and (3) reforestation. The
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government plans to freeze new projects to improve forest roads and
farmland and scale down projects already underway. The government
also intends to abolish J-Green's operations once all projects are
completed. The abolition of the two main businesses is expected to
reduce the size of the agency's operations to 15 billion yen, or
one-third of the total. A plan has also surfaced to shift the
remaining reforestation program to another organization.
6) Diet in Chaos: Ruling parties put forward pension bill, Abe
anxious to pass it quickly
ASAHI (Top play) (Abridged)
May 30, 2007
The Diet looks completely different than it did a short time ago.
The ruling parties and Prime Minister Abe have stumbled over the
fiasco of pension records. Moreover, they are now in a bind with the
suicide of former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister
Toshikatsu Matsuoka. The government hurriedly presented a special
legislative measure to the Diet for the relief of unlisted
pensioners. On the issue of politics and money, the ruling coalition
is taking pot shots at Democratic Party of Japan (Minshuto)
President Ozawa over his acquisition of real estate. In the Diet,
the ruling camp yesterday desperately set out to recover its image.
With an eye to this summer's election for the House of Councillors,
the DPJ is biting at the chance and strengthening its defense
against the ruling camp's counteroffensive. The ruling and
opposition parties are in a pitched battle, with the Diet entering
the latter stage of its current session. A one-on-one debate between
party heads is also set to take place today. The Diet will now face
the first climax toward the end of its current session.
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito
decided yesterday to postpone taking of a vote on a package of
Social Insurance Agency reform related bills in a plenary session of
the House of Representatives. Although the ruling parties set the
date for a vote in defiance of the opposition camp's objections,
they have now changed their attitude and agreed to put off the
vote.
That is because the ruling coalition is going to take a vote on the
SIA reform package in tandem with the pension bill. "It's important
to take appropriate action for the pension issue," an LDP executive
said. The House of Representatives Health, Labor, and Welfare
Committee will meet today to hear the purport of the pension relief
bill. The committee will then discuss the bill and take a vote on
it. The ruling coalition is poised to get it through the House of
Representatives with the SIA reform package tomorrow. The ruling
parties steamrolled the bill through the committee. However, they
think these legislative measures can easily get public
understanding.
Along with a vote on the SIA reform package, the opposition bench
considered submitting a no-confidence motion against Health, Labor
and Welfare Minister Yanagisawa to create a mood of confrontation.
This scenario, however, never came to pass. Moreover, the opposition
parties could come under fire should they vote against the special
pension relief legislation. "We've got to retouch our scenario," a
DPJ Diet Affairs Committee executive said.
However, the DPJ may be on the defensive again should it give up its
showdown with the ruling coalition. "It's not easy to take a vote on
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May 31," said Yoshiaki Takagi, chair of the DPJ Diet Affairs
Committee. With this, Takagi implied that the DPJ would put up
resistance with a no-confidence motion and other counteroffensives
if the ruling parties try to get the package through the Diet's
lower chamber tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the ruling and opposition parties are also likely to
battle over the issue of politics and money, which was pursued in
the Diet over Matsuoka's political funds.
The LDP was to have submitted a bill yesterday to revise the
Political Funds Control Law. However, the LDP has postponed its
submission of the bill. That is because the LDP intends to have the
bill incorporate strengthened regulations on real estate
acquisition. The LDP's executive board met over the bill but did not
approve it, with its members insisting that the LDP should further
pursue Ozawa over his real estate acquisitions. The LDP is now
coming out in the open with its offensive toward the DPJ. Faced with
such a move, one DPJ lawmaker criticized the LDP for making
political rules out of political considerations.
7) Former Taiwanese President Lee to visit Japan today; Government
nervous about his activities
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
May 30, 2007
Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui will visit Japan from May 30 to
June 9. His visit to Japan this time around will be the third since
he stepped down from the presidency in 2000. He will deliver
speeches and hold press meetings for the first time, however.
Although he has stressed that the purpose of his Japan visit is
academic and cultural exchanges, some officials in the Japanese
government are concerned that his remarks might inflame China.
As Japan has exempted Taiwanese tourists from a visa requirement,
Lee does not need to have one since he will come to Japan for
sightseeing. A senior Foreign Ministry official said, "There is no
reason for Japan to refuse his entry since he has said that he will
not conduct political activities." The ministry, therefore, has
approved his visit.
The Foreign Ministry intends to protest should he carry out any
political activities. However, it is unclear what kind of activities
would be regarded as political. Lee is also considering another
visit to Japan in order to attend a dinner commemorating the late
House of Representatives member Motoo Shiina, which will take place
on June 20. Since chances are that he will meet Japanese politicians
if he attends that even, the government will be pressed to make a
difficult decision.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman sought to constrain
Japan, saying, "China strongly urges Japan not to provide a member
of the pro-Taiwan independence force with political opportunities in
consideration of China's serious concern." China has secretly
opposed Lee's visit as it did so last time. But it does not want to
throw a wet blanket over improving relations with Japan,
particularly in the economic area. The Chinese Foreign Ministry
deputy spokesman implied a strong response, while not using the
expression "protest."
8) G-8 summit to start in Heiligendamm on June 6: Focus on how to
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achieve unity on global warming; Setting numerical targets may be
difficult
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 7) (Excerpts)
May 30, 2007
The 33rd Group of Eight Summit (G-8 Summit) will be held in
Heiligendamm, a resort area in northeastern Germany, for three days
starting June 6. Global warming, which is becoming increasingly
serious in various parts of the world, will top the agenda. The
focus will be to what extent the meeting will pursue discussions on
specific matters amid participants remaining at odds over measures
to stem the emissions of ever-increasing greenhouse gases.
Japan could be shunted into background between the US and European
countries
Under the Kyoto Protocol, Japan pledged to cut greenhouse gas
emissions by 6 percent from 1990 levels by 2012. However, its
emissions had increased by as much as 8 percent in 2005.
Various industrial sectors are making desperate efforts to cover
portions they cannot reduce by purchasing emissions rights at an
exorbitant cost. A sense of unfairness toward such countries as the
US, which is not bound by the pact, is deep-seated in business
circles.
Following the situation, the Japan Business Federation (Nippon
Keidanren) and the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai
Doyukai) submitted letters of opinion to the government, urging it
not to make an easy compromise over reduction targets.
Nippon Keidanren in the letter pointed out that portions achieved
before the signing of the Kyoto Protocol are not reflected in the 6
percent reduction target. It claims that a further reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions would cost Japanese companies, which have
already invested huge amounts of money for energy conservation since
the oil crisis in 1973, 1.6-1.9 times more than the cost needed for
other countries to reduce their carbon emissions, as such countries
can reduce emissions with low-cost measures. Keizai Doyukai also
expressed dissatisfaction with the Kyoto Protocol, noting that some
countries like Russia have an emissions surplus in the framework
without making any effort. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI) is also backing the positions of business circles
regarding a new post-Kyoto reduction target with Vice Minister
Takashi Kitabatake noting, "It is important to have measures
compatible with economic growth."
Such pressure is reflected in the proposal Prime Minister Abe will
make during the upcoming summit, as can be seen in the fact that it
includes a relatively mild target. There is concern that Japan's
proposal might be shunted into the background between the EU
proposal, whose base year for cutting emissions goes back to 1990,
and the US and China, which are against the idea of setting
numerical targets.
Since it will host the G-8 Summit next year, Japan wants to serves
as a mediator between the US and European countries. However, it
will find the upcoming summit tough with watchful eyes from domestic
industry circles.
9) Japan sees greenhouse gas emissions growing 7.8 percent over 1990
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levels
MAINICHI (Page 1) (Full)
May 30, 2007
The government's anti-global-warming promotion headquarters, headed
by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reported in its meeting yesterday that
greenhouse gases emitted across the nation in FY2005 increased 7.8
percent over 1990 levels to approximately 1.36 billion tons. Based
on the judgment that it will be extremely difficult under the
current situation to meet the 6 percent reduction goal set in the
Kyoto Protocol, the government has decided to review its plans.
Prime Minister Abe announced the government's plan to promote
afforestation at government buildings over the six years through
¶2012. He instructed relevant cabinet ministers to install solar
photovoltaic systems and rooftop greenery on government buildings.
According to the report, greenhouse gas emissions from business and
other sectors, such as offices, schools, and hospitals, increased
44.6 percent over 1990 levels, while those from the household sector
grew 36.7 percent. Meanwhile, emissions from the industrial sector
decreased 5.5 percent.
10) Japan attains only 70 percent of maximum volume of CO2 absorbed
by forests in FY2005
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Excerpts)
May 30, 2007
It was learned yesterday that the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2)
absorbed by forests in FY2005 was only about 70 percent of the upper
limit set under the Kyoto Protocol. The government plans to meet the
goal (of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 6 percent from 1990
levels under the protocol) by cutting CO2 with the maximum amount of
CO2 absorption by forests. To cover the 30 percent, energy-saving
efforts will be necessary. Insufficient measures to protect forests
are likely to make it more difficult for Japan to meet the Kyoto
target.
Since a reduction-calculation rule was set, the government inserted
for the first time 35 million tons (of CO2) as the volume of gases
absorbed by forests in its report on greenhouse gas emissions in
FY2005. Japan is allowed to claim up to 48 million tons of CO2
absorbed by forests as emission cuts. Under the current situation,
Japan will need to reduce about 13 million tons of CO2 by absorption
by forests every year or about 65 million tons during a 2008 - 2012
period.
11) ASEM foreign ministerial winds up, with views divided over
anti-global warming measures
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Excerpts)
May 30, 2007
Kotani, Hamburg
The 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) foreign ministerial meeting in
Hamburg ended on May 29 after issuing a chairman's statement noting
that negotiations on a post-Kyoto framework for combating global
warming for 2013 and beyond "should be concluded by 2009." However,
many Asian countries, including Japan, have come out against a
deadline to be set for the negotiations. On the question of whether
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a numerical target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is
necessary or not, as well, no agreement was reached.
Foreign Minister Taro Aso raised opposition to European countries'
call for finalizing the negotiations by 2009, remarking: "It is
inappropriate to set a deadline for the talks when it remains
unknown whether such large emitters (of greenhouse gases) as the
United States, China, and India will join a new framework."
12) Japan's jobless rate falls to 3.8 percent, lowest level in 9
years, with coming of sellers market due to massive retirements of
baby-boomers
SANKEI (Page 3) (Excerpts)
May 30, 2007
Japan's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for April, released
yesterday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
(MIAC), reached a nine-year low of 3.8 percent, down 0.2 percentage
points from the previous month. This was the lowest rate since March
¶1998. MIAC's Statistics Bureau noted: "Employment conditions are
continuing to improve."
The seasonally-adjusted job offers-to-seekers ratio for April
released the same day by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
(MHLW) rose 1.05 fold, up 0.02 percentage points from the previous
month, topping 1 for the 17th consecutive month.
The male unemployment rate fell to 4.0 percent, down 0.1 percentage
point, while the female unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent, down
0.3 percentage point. Factors improving the unemployment rate
include (1) growing recruitments of new graduates; (2) a decrease in
the number of workers who lost jobs owing to their companies'
streamlining, such as a cut in work force; and (3) an increase in
the number of female part-timers.
The total number of the unemployed fell to 2.68 million, decreasing
by 160,000 from the same month a year earlier, while the number of
jobholders totaled 64.44 million, up 760,000 from a year earlier.
The MHLW in charge of labor administration noted: "Demand for labor
is recovering strong with moderate but sustained economic
recovery."
One reason why the jobless rate for April fell to the 3 percent
level for the first time in nine years and one month is because of
companies' move to secure labor ahead of expected mass retirements
of baby-boomers. The labor market particularly for new senior high
school and college graduates has become a sellers' market.
Employment conditions for young people, which were at one point
described as "hard times," appear to have improved and contributed
greatly to improving the unemployment rate.
According to a survey by the two ministries, the employment rate of
college graduates this spring rose to 96.3 percent and that of
senior high school graduates went up to 93.9 percent. The MHLW's
Office of Employment Measures for Young People noted: "One reason
for this increase is attributable to economic recovery and another
is because every firm is moving to expand its recruitments with the
start of massive retirements of baby-boomers."
Meanwhile, the number of female part-timers also increased, pushing
down the jobless rate of women in the age bracket 35 to 44. The
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MHLW's Employment Bureau Deputy Director-General Takashi Toriu said:
"As firms are actively trying to build up their labor forces, women
who wanted to work as part-timers under favorable conditions, seem
to have started."
On the other hand, senior economist Junichi Makino at Daiwa
Institute of Research commented: "Employment of new graduates would
be one reason why the jobless rate fell this time, but their
employment came apparently to make up for retirements of
baby-boomers. Whether the jobless rate continues to fall in the
months ahead depends on economic conditions."
13) Nationwide Yomiuri Shimbun poll on labor views: 74 percent think
wage disparity has widened between permanent and part-time workers
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
May 30, 2007
The Yomiuri Shimbun on May 10-20 carried out a nationwide opinion
poll on work ethics, based on face-to-face interviews. The survey
found that 74 percent of respondents think that salary disparity
between permanent workers, such as full-time company workers, and
non-permanent workers, such as part-timers and dispatched employees,
would further widen in the future. The figure includes the
percentage of those who more or less think so. Those who disagreed
reached 20 percent. The survey also found that 82 percent of
part-timer respondents think that such a disparity will increase.
Many view that wage disparity will further widen between permanent
and part-time workers, because despite the economic pickup, the
situation is not necessarily close to the actual sentiments of the
population.
To a question about whether respondents think a same-job and
same-pay system, under which non-permanent workers who do the same
job as permanent workers should be paid equally, should be adopted,
74 percent answered "yes," with a total of 23 percent replying "no."
Regarding the diversifying employment pattern, such as part-timers,
dispatched employees and contract workers, in addition to full-time
workers, a total of 50 percent replied "not desirable," topping 44
percent who answered "desirable."
14) Elderly to top 30 percent of population by 2035 in 44
prefectures
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Full)
May 30, 2007
The National Institute of Population and Social Security (NIPSS)
yesterday released a population projection for each prefecture by
¶2035. According to the projection, the ratio of elderly population
(those aged 65 or older) will likely top 30 percent in 44
prefectures with the exception of Aichi, Shiga and Okinawa, in 2035.
The ratio is expected to be the highest at 41 percent in Akita.
The NIPSS worked out the projection for every five years coving the
next 30 years, based on the national census in 2005.
According to the projection, the nation's population in 2035 will
drop to 110.68 million or 86.6 percent of the population in 2005.
Forty-five prefectures, excluding Tokyo and Okinawa, are expected to
see a drop in population. In particular, the populations of 19
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prefectures will fall to less than 80 percent of the present level.
That of Akita will drop to 68.3 percent of the current level.
As of 2005, Shimane has the highest ratio of elderly population at
27.1 percent. However, the number of prefectures whose ratio of
elderly population tops 30 percent is estimated to reach 31 in 2020,
42 in 2030, and 44 in 2035. The national average is projected to
rise from 20.2 percent in 2005 to 33.7 percent in 2035, indicating
that the graying of society will further accelerate.
The NIPSS Population Structure Research Department has analyzed that
a decline in population in provincial areas will accelerate, further
widening regional differences.
15) Japan's fertility rate rises to 1.3 in 2006 for first time in 6
years
NIHON KEIZAI (Top Play) (Excerpts)
May 30, 2007
The total fertility rate (TFR or the number of children born to a
woman during her entire life) for Japan rose to the 1.3-level in
2006 for the first time in six years, it was revealed yesterday. The
main reason for the rise is an increase in the marriages and
childbirths of those people born in 1971-1974 as children of the
baby-boomer generation, and linked to improved job opportunities
brought on by the economic recovery. However, whether Japan's
fertility rate will continue to rise is uncertain. Measures to
reverse the declining birthrate and to increase economic growth will
likely be necessary from now on as well.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) plans to release in
early June its report on Japan's fertility rate in 2006. The
fertility rate in 2005 was 1.26, the lowest ever. The rate in 2006
was 1.31, up 0.05 points from the previous year. Japan's fertility
rate has risen for the first time since 2002 (when it was 1.32).
The number of marriages (quick estimate) rose 2.4 percent to 748,017
in 2006 from the previous year. Recently, one out of the four women
who get married become pregnant. Following the increase in
marriages, the number of childbirths has grown. The number of
childbirths in 2006 increased 2.9 PERCENT (quick estimate) to
1,122,278 compared to 2005.
One of the reasons for an increase in the number of marriages and
childbirths is an improvement in the employment environment. During
the long-term business slump after the bubble economy, it was
difficult for young people to find jobs. Another reason is that some
married couples with no kids have now decided to have children.
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