Japan Is Paying Young Couples When They Get Married
Currently, the grant is only offered to newly married couples in which both husband and wife are 34 or younger, and who have a combined household income of 4.8 million yen or less. From next year, though, couples can be as old as 39 and have a combined income of up to 5.4 million yen, and still be eligible for the grant. While getting married and having a child aren’t one and the same, in Japan single parenthood is still comparatively rare, and almost always unplanned.
With marriage generally seen by couples as a prerequisite for starting a family, there’s some logic in making it economically easier for couples to get hitched. The new program is expected to start at the beginning of the next fiscal year in April.
Source: Japan Today