Japanese bachelors learn the art of parenting to help find wives
Bachelors looking for love can now learn child-rearing skills to boost their chances of finding a partner. The all-male ikumen course teaches men how to bathe and dress a baby and also helps them understand a woman's perspective on child-rearing, according to Ikumen University, the ...
House husbands gaining acceptance in Japan as gender stereotypes ease
One weekend afternoon in March, some 30 single men and women gathered at a matchmaking event in Tokyo's Yotsuya district in the hope of meeting their future partner. What was unusual was that the participants comprised men willing to become stay-at-home house husbands and ...
Finnish diplomat pushes child-rearing for dads
For Finnish diplomat Mikko Koivumaa, being an ikumen (men who take an active role in ikuji, or child rearing) comes naturally. Hailing from a country known to have a high level of gender equality, Koivumaa says ikumen is standard practice in Finland. "In Finland, there's a ...
Ikumen: raising new father figures in Japan
Maybe papa was rolling stone once upon a time, but these days he's expected to share the burden of raising the kids.
