In Japan, it has been announced that couples who get married after April next year will be given 600,000 yen (approximately Rs. 950,000). According to the Japan Times, the announcement was made by the government to help newlyweds rent a house and cover other expenses. The program, launched by the government, is called the Newlywed Support Program.
Japanese government sources say one of the main reasons for launching the program is to attract people to marriage and increase the population. According to the report, most people in Japan are reluctant to get married and the number of elderly people in the country is increasing dramatically and the number of young people is decreasing due to which the problem of unavailability of labor in the country is also serious. Is wet Government sources said that only newlyweds who are under 40 years of age at the time of marriage registration and whose total income is less than 5.4 million yen will be eligible to receive assistance from the program.
