AsMama

National Jun 16, 2014

More not always better when it comes to child care, CEO warns

by Atsushi Kodera

The revamped version of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's growth strategy will likely call on companies and state entities to insert more women into senior positions and aim to improve public child care support to shore up Japan's shrinking workforce. But if Abe wants to bring ...

National Jan 12, 2014

Service helps new moms juggle kids and careers

by Junji Yamaguchi

After seeing many of her friends and colleagues abandon promising careers for motherhood, Keiko Koda was inspired to find a way to help professionals stay on the corporate path after having children. In 2009, she founded AsMama Inc. to lend a hand to these women. Since ...