Bonjour, my name is Camille.
Today I’m going to introduce the life living in Japan in comparison with my hometown, France. I have a two year-old baby and the kindergarten used to look after our child, since my husband, Pierre had to work full time. We have moved to Japan 6 months ago because of my husband’s work. First, we have thought about me and my baby stay in France whilst my husband fly to Japan by himself. However, when we thought about our baby growing, we have come to conclusion of us three flying to Japan.
What I felt when living in Japan and working as a full-time, the system for the mothers at work has not fully come into reality. For instance, I was able to get a work off until my baby turns three. So, it was easy to do my housework, and also had my own time to go out and take a break. On the other hand, in Japan, we can only take three months off when having a baby. The rule itself is so different and more strict compare with France.
There is a big difference between France and Japan.
Did you know that in 1984, 39 years ago, both Japan and France had fertility rates of 1.84?
But from then Japan’s fertility rates has dropped rapidly.
Interestingly, at the time Japan responded that they were “satisfied” with the level of the birth rate and that they would “not intervene” in their future policies.
France responded that they were "dissatisfied" and "intervened."
Since then, France has recovered from the bottom of 1.66 in 1993 to the current level of 2.0 through active countermeasures against the declining birthrate.
On the other hand, Japan's economy was following a downward trend.
It seems that the two countries were greatly divided into light and darkness, and the current difference was born.
However, japan is still catching up.
Starting with the Next-Generation Law enacted in 2005,
"Part-time work law" will be launched
“Relaxation of nursery school occupancy standards” have been introduced
In addition, the introduction of various subsidy systems and temporary child custody systems have been implemented by local governments.
Hallo, I’m Jonas from Germany. Today, I will be introducing the good parts about Japan. I used to live in Germany 10 years ago, and moved to Japan with my dad. I used to live with him in Germany and take care of him, but since I had to come to japan for my work, my dad had to come with me. Nonetheless, life in japan for him is being a great one.
My dad is almost 80 and walks slow. I sometimes give him a hand when going out for a walk. I tried to let him join the day care in Germany, but it was too expensive for me to afford. But it is quite reasonable in Japan so I was able to let him in. He was apparently stronger that other elders so sometimes they let him go home. He loves to go out for a bit of a walk, which sometimes takes buses to reach where he wants to go. What is good is that if you have a senior pass, you can take buses for free. He doesn’t have to care about the money.
What I thought about from those points was that japan is more friendly to seniors than in Germany. Japan has more population of seniors than any other countries, which the government is focusing more on taking care and bringing out more measures to the society.
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