Can the new agency become a command center that will strongly promote a wide range of child-related policies? The central government must establish a system of close cooperation with related ministries and agencies, and local governments, for that purpose.
The central government has decided on a basic policy for the creation of a "children and family agency." It plans to submit related bills to the ordinary Diet session that will be convened soon, with the aim of setting up the agency early in fiscal 2023.
According to the basic policy, the child and family agency will be established as an external bureau of the Cabinet Office by transferring functions of organizations in charge of child-related policies at the Cabinet Office and the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. A full-time cabinet minister will be appointed and more than 200 staff assigned to the agency.
