Family day: to combat declining birth rate?

There are several different family related commemorative days in Japan annually. One of them fell yesterday, November 16th, which is "Family Day". It is one of the more official ones as it was backed by government, in the face of what some believe is a birth rate crisis. 

Based on the "New Measures to Combat the Declining Birthrate", decided by the Council for Measures to Combat the Declining Birthrate, on June 20, 2006, the Cabinet Office designated the third Sunday in November as "Family Day" . As such, the date of Family Day changes annually. In 2025 it was on November 16th, in 2026 it will be on November 15th.

In addition, the week before and after is "Family Week."  The aim of "Family Day" and "Family Week" is to deepen the understanding of the importance of families, of raising children and of local communities supporting families. Personally, I don't think having a day or week dedicated to family is going to do much to combat the declining birth rate. But who knows! What do you think?