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Japan's plan to boost its birth rate raises doubt. But one city has reason for hope

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Taiki and Arisa Chisaka watch as their son Tatara plays at a city-run child care center in western Japan's Akashi city. (Anthony Kuhn/NPR)
Taiki and Arisa Chisaka watch as their son Tatara plays at a city-run child care center in western Japan's Akashi city. (Anthony Kuhn/NPR)

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