In the country with the lowest birth rate in the world, the newly empowered Democratic Party of Japan has proposed a solution: pay to procreate.
As part of the manifesto that helped the DPJ rout the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party in last month's election, families will receive 26,000 yen (about $280) per month for each child through junior high school.
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