The Yomiuri Shimbun Day care facilities called “nursery stations with transportation services” are spreading around the nation, making it easier for working parents to enroll their children in nursery schools. The facilities, which are near train stations, aim to reduce the number of children on nursery school waiting lists by shuttling them to and from nursery schools that are far from stations. Some municipalities expect that families with small children will move into areas that have such facilities, as the nursery stations can lighten the burden for parents who normally pick up and drop off their children at school. Matsudo,...
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