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<i>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...</i> <A HREF="http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBJJZ4C76E.html">Entire Story Here</A>
<i>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...</i> <A HREF="http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBJJZ4C76E.html">Entire Story Here</A>