New Komeito calls for expansion of child-care allowance
Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 07:15 JST TOKYO — The New Komeito party, the ruling coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced Tuesday its platform for the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election, pledging to expand child-care allowance to deal with the nation's falling birthrate.
In the platform which highlights "reforms from the viewpoint of ordinary people," the party calls for extending the eligible age limit to receive child-care allowance from that of a third grader to that of a sixth grader, with an eye on further extending the limit to that of a ninth grader in the future.
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