In order to secure financial resources for countermeasures against the declining birthrate, the Japanese government will levy a "child support fund" for each citizen through public health insurance.
The Agency for Children and Families has summarized the specific amount of money paid by employees of the company and other employees who participate in employment insurance, based on their annual income.
In the first year, 2026, a person with an annual income of 2 million yen will have to pay about 200 yen per month, a person with an annual income of 4 million will pay about 400 yen, and so on, with a maximum of about 1,000 yen for a person with an annual income of 10 million.
The amount of contributions increases with each year, and by fiscal 2028, those who earn 2 million yen a year will have risen to about 350 yen per month, 4 million yen or 650 yen a year, and 1,650 yen per year, which means that each person will have to pay an extra 19,800 yen per year.
In addition to office workers, self-employed people who are enrolled in National Health Insurance are also required to pay a tax based on their income, and it is estimated that by fiscal 2028, if they earn 2 million yen a year, they will only have to pay 250 yen per month under the mitigation measures.
An annual income of 4 million yuan requires 550 yen, 6 million yuan is 800 yen, and 8 million yuan is 1,100 yen, which is relatively less than the burden of office workers.
The use of these funds can be broadly divided into four types: first, the expansion of child allowance, which will be extended to high school students in December this year, the income limit will be abolished, and the monthly allowance for 3 children or more will be doubled to 30,000 yen;
The second is the maternity allowance, which pays 100,000 yen to the mother to support childbirth, and the third is that all children can be admitted to the kindergarten, and all families are allowed to store their children in the nursery school on an hourly basis every month.
The fourth is to promote dual-income co-parenting, subsidize 10% of the salary of parents of dual-income families during the same maternity leave, and promote male maternity leave.
I believe everyone has found out that after the money is paid, only the child-rearing family will benefit, and the single person is equivalent to giving it for nothing, working hard to earn money to help others raise a baby, Japanese netizens think that this is the essence of the "single tax".
According to a April public opinion poll conducted by Jiji News Agency on 2,000 people over the age of 18 nationwide, the approval rating of the Kishida cabinet fell to 16.6%, the lowest since the establishment of the regime.
42.1 percent of those opposed to the "single tax" policy were opposed, significantly more than 32.8 percent were in favor. From the perspective of age groups, except for the 40th generation, which are for and against, the other age groups are in the majority.
According to the February labor statistics survey recently released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, although the total nominal wage per capita of Japanese workers reached 282,265 yen, an increase of 1.8% from the same month last year, rising for 26 consecutive months;
However, taking into account the impact of rising prices, real wages fell by 1.3% from the same month last year, falling for the 23rd consecutive month, the longest record since 1991, and wages continued to be unable to keep up with price growth.
Fortunately, this year's spring wage increase in Japan is very strong, according to the latest spring fight results released by the Labor Organization, the average rate of salary increase combined with basic salary and regular salary increase is 5.24%, and the salary increase is 16,037 yen, the highest level in 33 years.
Among them, the average wage growth rate of small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 300 employees was 4.69%, and the salary increase was 12,097 yen, which was also the highest since 2013.
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