There is a thought that it is better to have fewer children in order to spend enough on their education and to enable them to inherit their parents' real estate. Others Cases of infertility, and concerns for giving birth at higher age, among others 2. The trend towards fewer children is the result of the diverse lifestyles of individuals, while being deeply related to the situation faced by the entire Japanese society, where the expansion of material production and consumption has been prioritized and has been enjoyed by the citizens in an atmosphere of rigidly divided roles between men and women in the family and corporate activities. The decline in fertility has come about, to a large extent, in the process of women's advancement in society. The issue is, however, that marriage and child rearing restrict an individual's freedom and cause people to feel a sense of burden and anxiety toward marriage and child rearing, under the Japanese people's inflexible attitude toward, and practices of, divided roles between men and women, and employment practices and corporate culture which prioritize work over family.
Issues surrounding the employment of elderly people are of particular importance.
Moreover, we need to create an efficient society by resolving the mismatch of the supply and demand for the labor force, which are anticipated to increase due to changes in the age composition of labor force population in the future. That Nurture Children's Creativity and Sociability, and Healthy Upbringing 2. Based on these statistics, it would be naturally beneficial for these individuals if the factors that prevent them from getting married and having children are removed. And this is also beneficial for our society as it might be able to avoid a phenomenal population decrease. Hence we need to address the factors underlying the trend towards fewer children as well as address the impact of fewer children.