09-26-07 Assignment 2: short essay about aging popupation

In Japan, according to the official survey, a rate of an aging population has been increasing since 1935, and in 2006 it became 20.7% which is the highest level in the world. Nowadays, it has become one of the most serious problems in Japanese society, because increasing the aging population understandably causes swelling medical expenses, bringing in growth of younger's burden to support older and increment of government's expenses such as annual pension.

I personally think that the most effective resolution of these problems is to increase a birthrate. The Japanese birthrate has been decreasing recently and become lower part among developed countries. Low birthrate, according to a government's report, results mostly from high cost of raising a child and lack of day care center for child. Thus, I strongly think that the Japanese government should focus expenditure on subsidizing growing up children and increasing official day care center.