Today, I am not talking about news, but about my personal opinion.
It is no surprise that Japan’s birthrate is declining.
There are many reasons why I feel this way.
(1) High tax burden rate
In the first place, taxes and social insurance premiums are high, and the government takes more and more of your money, no matter how much you earn.
The astonishing figure of 47.5% of the national income tax rate made the news in Japan, but even if one’s annual income is 5 million yen, one can only spend a little more than 2.5 million yen at one’s disposal.
(Incidentally, the median annual income in Japan is around 4 million yen.)
(2) I have my hands full with my own life.
Because of this, a large number of people are so occupied with their own lives that they cannot afford to raise children.
Therefore, they do not have the money to have a relationship with the opposite sex in the first place.
In Japan, the number of children born out of wedlock is extremely small, and the custom is to have children only after marriage, so the increase in the number of young people who do not get married will directly lead to a declining birthrate.
(3) Expensive higher education
In Japan, about half of the students go on to college, and the tuition for college costs several million yen per year.
In Japan, about half of the students go on to college, and the cost of college tuition is several million yen per year, which is equivalent to one year’s worth of money on hand.
If you are in college, you will need to pay for four consecutive years.
Scholarships are also available, but they become a debt to your future self, and some young people cannot get married due to the heavy burden of repayment.
…There is much more, but that’s all for today.
Thank you for reading.