Abe administration and eyes policy (top) LDP presidential election 2018

A newly built five-story building that is close to Tokyo Sky Tree. A shoe box for children is lined up at the entrance of a crowded room, and a signboard of "staff room" can be seen.

Last December opened in Sumida Ward, Tokyo as an approved nursery school, 160 children were supposed to go. It is impossible to secure a nursery teacher at the very bottom, and it remains an empty building.

The president of the operating company (60) issued three paid advertisements from June last year, but the adoption until November last year is zero. After that, although somehow secured three people, the three people are also busy with the hole filling up of the nursery teacher who left the family at the nursery school. The president says, "I want to open in April next year, but what is the shortage of talent so far ... ...". Sumida Ward's waiting children this spring have increased by 45 from the previous year to 193 people. An empty building seems to symbolize part of the current state of politics.

"Waiting child zero". A government that raised the slogan that most people support. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeated 'I will do it, I will not do it', 'This time, I will put an end to this problem'. However, construction of the nursery school is advance at a rapid pace, does not stand the prospect of solving the lack of serious nursery teacher. According to a survey conducted by the Asahi newspaper in May, at least 204 certified garden of 24 municipalities nationwide reduced child who accepted due to shortage of nurseries.

"Zero" that the government has decided to end the achievement deadline until the end of the last fiscal year has not been realized. Liberal Democratic Party pledged a new "free of charge for early childhood education" at the House of Representatives last year. In addition to the "foundation work" of securing personnel who are responsible for nursing care, we set up a flashy "signboard" to further digit the demand for nursing care.

"When will it be free of charge, when will it begin?" In spring, due to shortage of nursery teachers etc., nearly half of the applicants could not be admitted to the person in charge of Chikushino city, Fukuoka prefecture, this kind of inquiries follow one after another. I think that each time.

"To be honest, really scary"

The Abe administration has changed its signboard policy, mainly on social security, like every year. "Female success" in 2014, "Zero active total society" incorporating zero nursing care leave in 15 years, in 16 years "Reform of work way" was raised. And in 17 years, "Human Resource Development Revolution" was laid out and positioned as "the biggest theme of the Abe Cabinet."

It seems that there was an aim to appeal the administration's efforts by making slogan that will become the centerpiece of national administration and presidential election. And in the 17th year House of Representatives election, we pledged about 800 billion yen of early childhood education and childcare offering free of charge.

"I expected that if I had such a budget, I would put it on a nursery teacher." In September 17th, President Junji Matsueda (48) of the authorization park in Osaka City thought.

In the news, Prime Minister Abe said, "The free education of early childhood education will support young parenting households, and will progress at a stretch to fundamentally change social security to all generations." Four months ago, the Abe administration announced the postponement of "waiting child zero" for three years and was launching a free pledge as a new pledge for the House of Representatives election.

But signs and reality are far apart. In the gardens of Mr. Norikazu Matsueda, there is not enough manpower to go for a walk for children or arrange food for allergy. One of the veteran nursery teachers in the series park resigned as saying, "A monthly salary of 100,000 yen can not support households." The government takes measures to add wages, but in the 17-year survey, monthly salaries of nursery teachers are still about 100,000 yen less than the average for all industries.

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