day care

Three-year-old Asahi Watanabe, who was born with a genetic disease that requires the use of a feeding tube for hydration, receives care from nursery staff at his Tokyo home — an unusual arrangement in Japan where family members of children with disabilities are often ...

The profitability of private preschools, nurseries and certified day care centers plummeted from fiscal 2016 to in fiscal 2018, a Cabinet Office survey has found. The drop is believed to be the result of rising labor costs caused by the shortage of child care workers. Profit ...

The ministry says the lists are at their shortest since it began tracking them in 1994, but demand is expected to grow when free services kick off in October.

Local governments are desperately trying to recruit licensed child care workers in a bid to address an acute shortage in day care staff. As part of their strategy, they are emphasizing favorable labor conditions, such as short commuting distances and reasonable working hours, in a ...

For a country with a reputation for cleanliness and hygiene, Japan has taken waste disposal in an unsavory direction with parents usually being asked to carry their children's soiled diapers home from day care. To lighten the load on concerned parents, some municipalities are now ...

The World Economic Forum's 2017 gender gap index ranks Japan 114th out of the 144 countries surveyed — this must change.

A 32-year-old woman recently received a letter of rejection from Meguro Ward in Tokyo saying her 3-month-old son had failed to land a slot in any of the 10 municipally funded day care facilities she had applied for. "I didn't think it would be this ...

Day care centers are resorting to the sensors to prevent sudden death syndrome at a time when major staff shortages are being caused by low pay.