(Update) Governors Urge Japan Govt to Address Population Decline

   Aomori, July 23 (Jiji Press)--Japanese prefectural governors Wednesday urged the central government to give top priority to measures against escalating population decline.
   The National Governors' Association called on the government to launch a national campaign involving private companies to promote comprehensive measures for addressing the population drop.
   In a set of proposals compiled at the first day of the association's two-day meeting in the northeastern prefecture of Aomori, the governors called for setting up a government agency-level control tower to coordinate related policies.
   The association also called on the government to promote multicultural coexistence, over policy measures to deal with foreign nationals.
   In the proposals to deal with the population issue, the association underlined the need to create an environment in which it is easy to work and raise children, taking into account the opinions of women and young people.

(2025/07/23-20:15)