Tokyo will implement a four-day workweek for government employees next year to encourage young people to get married and start families. Sociologists have blamed Japan’s plunging birth rates on the high cost of living and grueling work culture. 

Guest: Tom Moultrie is professor of demography, and Director of the Centre for Actuarial Research (CARe) at the University of Cape Town 

<p>Tokyo will implement a four-day workweek for government employees next year to encourage young people to get married and start families. Sociologists have blamed Japan&rsquo;s plunging birth rates on the high cost of living and grueling work culture.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Guest: Tom Moultrie is professor of demography, and Director of the Centre for Actuarial Research (CARe) at the University of Cape Town&nbsp;</p>

THE MORNING BRIEF

Tokyo will implement a four-day workweek for government employees next year to encourage young people to get married and start families. Sociologists have blamed Japan’s plunging birth rates on the high cost of living and grueling work culture. 

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