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Japan: Govt to Create New Child Care Program in '15 |
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yomiuri.co.jp |
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Thursday, February 02, 2012 |
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Japan |
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Feb 07, 2012 |
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The government has agreed on a final draft plan for a new preschool child care program designed to combine kindergartens with day care centers.
The scheme is designed to reduce the number of children on day care center waiting lists, and the target year for its introduction is fiscal 2015.
The government will cover the projected cost of the new program by allocating more than 1 trillion yen in the fiscal 2015 budget to its implementation. It intends to cover about 700 billion yen with revenue expected to be earned through an increase of the consumption tax rate. The hike is part of a government plan to reform the social security and tax systems.
The government will finalize the plan by the end of the month at a meeting of a group led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda that is responsible for addressing the nation's declining birthrate. The government will also submit bills related to the program at the current Diet session in the hope that they can be approved and implemented from fiscal 2013.
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