Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's pledge to boost fertility treatment support has offered rays of hope to couples longing for babies, but experts say the policy will not be a panacea for reversing the nation's declining birth rate.As Japan, with the world's oldest population, struggles with dwindling numbers of newborns, Suga has vowed to make often costly fertility treatment eligible for coverage by national health insurance, with government officials eyeing the change as early as 2022. In the run-up, subsidies for couples undergoing such treatment will be sharply increased. Many couples wh…READ FULL ARTICLE
