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The wait to see the doctor at Japan’s popular fertility clinic Saint Mother Hospital just got longer. Starting yesterday, public health insurance will reimburse 70 percent of the costs of advanced fertility treatments as part of the government’s attempt to halt a decline in one of the world’s fastest-aging populations. Atsushi Tanaka, doctor and director of Saint Mother in Kita Kyushu, southern Japan, expects more patients at his clinic, already packed with couples seeking treatments such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF) which previously cost over 500,000 yen (US$4,090) per cycle more than the average household’s monthly income. “I think we’ll see a huge ....