[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/29/baby-boomtown-does-nagi-hold-the-secret-to-repopulating-japan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/29/baby-boomtown-does-nagi-hold-the-secret-to-repopulating-japan)
https://www.reddit.com/r/japannews/comments/13uitxt/baby_boomtown_does_nagi_hold_the_secret_to/
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The more I read about the town it seems that their measures seem less sustainable and almost cult-like in a way.
It seems like they are focusing too much on the “2.95” at the cost of residents that do not or can not contribute and the town is under toxic leadership.
It’s certainly not something that can be duplicated in larger towns or cities.
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Who could have imagined that building a good environment for children and parents would lead to more children?
Offering free daycare and back-to-work and flexible initiatives for parents of child-rearing age seems like an obvious measure to increase fertility.
Free daycare in particular seems like an obvious opportunity. It’s not like people can easily overconsume to take advantage of it. Your ability to consume daycare has an obvious ceiling based on the number of children you have. And if you increase your fertility to “game the system”, that’s the goal of the system anyway.
Actually I have been to Nagi a couple of times. I live in the prefecture. Their art museum is nice and there are some local restaurants that are very nice too. The town is very peaceful and I was surprised to see a lot of young people as well as children. I really like the air there.. very clean and the people are nice.
Something similar is happening in Tottori prefecture. I guess countryside life in Japan is the best for raising children.
Is this the time for these people to be worrying about Japan’s birth rate?
Even in the US, the birth rate is not much different from Japan’s.
I wonder how many people on reddit know the birth rate in their own country?
This is awesome