UPAYA PEMERINTAH JEPANG DALAM MENINGKATKAN ANGKA KELAHIRAN: STUDI PERBANDINGAN ANTAR REZIM

This comparative research compares Government of Japan's efforts in raising their low birthrates between Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet and Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet. This research will provide background on this issue such as the causes of Japan's declining birthrates, and their development which raises the urgency for Japan's Government to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Considering the recency of Fumio Kishida's period as the Prime Minister and the similarities of his efforts with Shinzo Abe’s, a question arose regarding how do the Government of Japan's efforts in raising the low birthrates go under the leadership of Fumio Kishida in comparison to Shinzo Abe’s leadership. Through the descriptive qualitative research method by Miles and Huberman, and public policy theory, this research have discovered a few similarities between both cabinets’ efforts such as their efforts to strengthen the economic power of the Japanese people and their efforts on changing the working culture in Japan. Meanwhile, the differences between their efforts are shown through their differing treatment towards Japan’s childcare industry and also the formation of a new government department focusing on children during Kishida’s era. These differences can be explained by the different approaches and attitudes between them on this issue