Japanese PM vows to raise childcare leave benefits

By Xinhua News Agency

Mar 18, 2023 11:10 am

TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Friday to increase childcare leave benefits in a bid to reverse the East Asian country's plummeting birth rate.

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