This picture taken on June 29, 2016 shows a mother with a baby in a stroller in front of election candidates' posters for the upper house election in Tokyo. Abe has come under fire for his call for the nation's women to both bear more children to stem a falling population, and to keep working to boost the struggling economy, without providing proper childcare facilities to support this dual demand. / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Japan-Woman-Social-Economy; FEATURE by Kyoko HASEGAWAKAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

This picture taken on June 29, 2016 shows an employee of an official nursery school taking care of babies in Yokohama. Abe has come under fire for his call for the nation's women to both bear more children to stem a falling population, and to keep working to boost the struggling economy, without providing proper childcare facilities to support this dual demand. / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Japan-Woman-Social-Economy; FEATURE by Kyoko HASEGAWAKAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

This picture taken on June 29, 2016 shows an employee of an official nursery school taking care of a baby in Yokohama. Abe has come under fire for his call for the nation's women to both bear more children to stem a falling population, and to keep working to boost the struggling economy, without providing proper childcare facilities to support this dual demand. / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Japan-Woman-Social-Economy; FEATURE by Kyoko HASEGAWAKAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

This picture taken on June 29, 2016 shows an employee of an official nursery school taking care of young children in Yokohama. Abe has come under fire for his call for the nation's women to both bear more children to stem a falling population, and to keep working to boost the struggling economy, without providing proper childcare facilities to support this dual demand. / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Japan-Woman-Social-Economy; FEATURE by Kyoko HASEGAWAKAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

This picture taken on June 12, 2016 shows Yuki Kai, a 38-year-old mother at an interview in Tokyo. Abe has come under fire for his call for the nation's women to both bear more children to stem a falling population, and to keep working to boost the struggling economy, without providing proper childcare facilities to support this dual demand. / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Japan-Woman-Social-Economy; FEATURE by Kyoko HASEGAWAKAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

This picture taken on June 29, 2016 shows young children eating lunch at an official nursery school in Yokohama. Abe has come under fire for his call for the nation's women to both bear more children to stem a falling population, and to keep working to boost the struggling economy, without providing proper childcare facilities to support this dual demand. / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Japan-Woman-Social-Economy; FEATURE by Kyoko HASEGAWAKAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

This picture taken on June 29, 2016 shows a baby at an official nursery school in Yokohama. Abe has come under fire for his call for the nation's women to both bear more children to stem a falling population, and to keep working to boost the struggling economy, without providing proper childcare facilities to support this dual demand. / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Japan-Woman-Social-Economy; FEATURE by Kyoko HASEGAWAKAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

This picture taken on June 29, 2016 shows an employee of an official nursery school taking care of young children in Yokohama. Abe has come under fire for his call for the nation's women to both bear more children to stem a falling population, and to keep working to boost the struggling economy, without providing proper childcare facilities to support this dual demand. / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Japan-Woman-Social-Economy; FEATURE by Kyoko HASEGAWAKAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images