The Children and Families Agency (Kodomo Katei Chou) will be established in April 2023. We spoke with Professor Daisuke Fujikawa of the Faculty of Education, who also serves as Principal of the Junior High School affiliated with the Faculty of Education, Chiba University, to ask him about the reasons for the revision of the childcare support system. We also discussed what teachers think about and how teachers are facing issues in current educational settings. Expected roles of the Children and Families Agency First, tell us about the background for creating a new Children and Families Agency. Japan’s low birthrate was first considered a problem in 1990, and various engagements have been undertaken since then to combat this issue. Nevertheless, the low birthrate has persisted without improvement, and the number of children—that is, those who will forge the future—has continued to decline. Meanwhile, children are facing many problems that were not of concern before, including child poverty and the problem of … Continue reading Children-centered support and school operations: On the occasion of the founding of the Children and Families Agency