Dhaka, June 12 -- Babies do not decide the place of their birth; neither do they make the choice of shunning a particular country or place for their appearance in this world. They pop up randomly as a shooting star, not knowing what awaits them in the unknown surroundings of light and darkness. For parents they come as blessings and for the society as a guarantee of its continuity. Hence, preserving a normal and sustainable birthrate is considered important everywhere in the world. However, a number of countries, mostly of the advanced world, are failing to do that and Japan falls in to that category.

Japan's shrinking population coupled with the problem of an aging society is gradually becoming a serious issue that country's leadership ...