Switched has a new home! Huffpost Tech.

Click here to visit the new home of Switched!

Hot on HuffPost Tech:

See More Stories
AOL Tech

Have a Baby, Take Home a New Phone too!

by Tim Stevens on June 11, 2007 at 12:04 PM

Have a Baby, Take Home a New Phone too!
While nations such as China struggle with population explosions, Japan finds itself in the midst of an ongoing population decline, which has some resorting to bribery in an attempt to increase birthrates.

The average age of Japan's citizens is on the rise, while young women have become more comfortable and successful in the workplace and are less likely to have children young. Many employers already offer financial aid and other bonuses to encourage working mothers to have children, but one, Softbank, has taken it a step further, giving away free cell phones and calling plans to those who take time off to propagate our species.

The plan sounds like a nice bonus, but given that almost every man, woman, and child over the age of 10 in Japan already has a mobile phone (which is probably way cooler than yours) we think perhaps free baby sitting and diaper delivery might be a bit more enticing.

From Textually.org

Related Links:


Tags: Cell phones, CellPhones, Japan

Comments

1

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

HuffPost AOL Social News Most Popular