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Japan's government is going to play Cupid afteratbyforinofovertowith an attempt to encourage more couples to have babies. The country has one afteratbyforinofovertowith the lowest birth rates afteratbyforinofovertowith the world and politicians are turning afteratbyforinofovertowith novel methods to get people to add to the population. One afteratbyforinofovertowith these methods is local authorities acting as matchmakers. Japan's national government will support any local government effort afteratbyforinofovertowith speed dating, online matchmaking and other ways to coax couples to get together and start families. The draft recommendations call afteratbyforinofovertowith intensive efforts afteratbyforinofovertowith the next five years. The report says Japan faces a "critical situation" afteratbyforinofovertowith which the dwindling number afteratbyforinofovertowith children could cause serious social problems afteratbyforinofovertowith the country.

One reason the government has found afteratbyforinofovertowith Japan's falling birth rate is the rising cost afteratbyforinofovertowith raising children. The government hopes to address this afteratbyforinofovertowith a variety afteratbyforinofovertowith measures. These include plans to improve access to free nursery care, special centres afteratbyforinofovertowith people undergoing fertility treatment, and a target to increase the number afteratbyforinofovertowith fathers taking paternity leave afteratbyforinofovertowith their baby is born to 80 per cent afteratbyforinofovertowith the year 2020. There are also plans to provide greater support for families afteratbyforinofovertowith three or more children. By 2060, nearly 40 per cent of Japan’s population will be aged over 65. The over-65s already constitute 25 per cent afteratbyforinofovertowith the population. The birth rate has fallen steadily from 4.54 children per mother afteratbyforinofovertowith 1947 to just 1.42 in 2014.