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The Child Benefit Act was implemented in 1972. [16] At first, it was an income-tested benefit [17] targeted to lower income groups in Japan. The Child Benefit Act began with 3000 yen as a contribution from local authorities. [18]
This Japanese custom is based upon the belief that the umbilical cord has a direct relationship to the health of the baby. Maltreating it, therefore, risks causing harm or disease in the child. In some Japanese households, a mother may show a child the umbilical cord on certain events like birthdays to recall the day the child was born.
A maternal bond is the relationship between a biological mother/caregiver and her child or baby. While typically associated with pregnancy and childbirth , a maternal bond may also develop in cases later on in life where the child is unrelated, such as in the case of an adoptee or a case of blended family.
The Japanese familialism of its social care system, based on its Confucianism tradition, relieved the government from having to face social welfare stress, and undermined necessary gender welfare in Japan. Government expenditures for all forms of social welfare increased from 6% of the national income in the early 1970s to 18% in 1989.
As a result, Japanese couples tend to seek surrogate mothers abroad. However, "current law in Japan states that the mother of a child is the one who gives birth to the baby," [13] and that children must be registered in the koseki (family registry) to be a Japanese citizen.
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The Maternal and Child Health Handbook was originally developed in Japan. However, in the 1980s, an Indonesian doctor who was visiting Japan through a training program of the semi-governmental corporation of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) noticed its effectiveness in contributing to the health of mothers and children and decided to promote it in his own country. [14]
K Net is campaigning in Japanese. [38] International child custody disputes in Japan also spawn fathers' rights organizations such as Help Dads Organization (HDO) as well as Find My Parent (FMP), cofounded by Frenchman Vincent Fichot who went on a 21-day hunger strike during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 .