Japan launches new agency to monitor child policies

As the government under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida struggles to reverse the country's declining birthrate, Japan launched a new agency for overseeing child policies.

The Children and Families Agency, under the direct supervision of the prime minister, will tackle a wide range of challenges, including the perilously low birthrate, child abuse and poverty, as the control tower in compiling policies while eliminating sectionalism.

The agency, the first governmental body to be established since the Digital Agency was established in September 2021, brought together relevant departments from the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry and the Cabinet Office. The agency has about 430 officials combined with people from the private sector and local governments.

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