TOKYO -- The Japanese government will discuss expanding cash payouts to families with children amid rising inflation as the country struggles to reverse its falling birthrate.
Ruling parties call for bigger payouts as inflation squeezes families

Students walk to school in Osaka. Japan provides cash subsidies to parents raising children up to middle-school age. (Photo by Atsushi Ooka)
TOKYO -- The Japanese government will discuss expanding cash payouts to families with children amid rising inflation as the country struggles to reverse its falling birthrate.