Town Pays Women $9,600 For Third Child

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From tbo.com

How about getting paid 1 million yen for having a baby?

To combat a shrinking population, a small town in northern Japan has decided to give a cash award worth about $9,600 to each female resident who has a third child, an official said Friday.

To be eligible, the women must have lived in Yamatsuri town for more than a year, town hall spokesman Eiichi Takanobu said... Entire Story Here