Japan's government plans expanded university tuition aid for families

Japan's government has adopted a bill to expand university tuition aid for families with three or more dependent children, aiming to ease financial burdens and encourage higher education. If enacted in April, the bill will provide annual tuition aid of up to ¥540,000 for public universities and ¥700,000 for private institutions, alongside admission fee support. The new measure eliminates the current ¥6 million annual income cap, significantly increasing the number of eligible students from the current 120,000. The initiative, part of Japan’s strategy to address its declining birthrate, is designed to make public university education tuition-free for qualifying families while substantially reducing private school costs.