A record 16.4% of eligible male central government workers took child care leave in Japan in fiscal 2019, the minister in charge of civil service reform said Tuesday.
The proportion increased by 4 percentage points compared to the previous fiscal year through March 2019, and met the government’s target of 13% by 2020, Taro Kono said at a news conference.
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