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Japan's is going to play Cupid in an to encourage more to have babies. The country has of the lowest birth rates in the world and politicians are turning to methods to get people to add to the population. One of these methods is authorities acting as matchmakers. Japan's national government will support any local government effort at speed dating, matchmaking and other ways to coax couples to get together and start families. The recommendations call for intensive efforts over the next five years. The report says Japan faces a "critical " in which the dwindling number of children could cause social problems for the country.

One the government has found for Japan's falling birth rate is the rising of raising children. The government hopes to address this with a of measures. These include plans to improve to free nursery care, special centres for people undergoing treatment, and a target to increase the number of fathers taking leave after their baby is born to 80 per cent by the year 2020. There are also plans to provide support for families with three or more children. By 2060, nearly 40 per cent of Japan’s will be aged over 65. The over-65s already constitute 25 per cent of the population. The birth rate has fallen from 4.54 children per mother in 1947 to 1.42 in 2014.

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