In Japan, all that is true melts into hot air
'Is it because the truth is so boring," asked the 14th-century monk Yoshida no Kenko in a classic collection of musings known as the "The Grasses of Idleness," "that most stories one hears are false?" Boring, unbearable or merely inconvenient? A nuisance, however you look ...
The Liberal Democratic Party won't field a candidate in the Lower House by-election to replace paternal leave champion Kensuke Miyazaki, who resigned over an extramarital affair, a source in the conservative party said. The decision was made as the ruling LDP doesn't think it has ...
The Lower House on Tuesday approved the resignation of scandal-hit member Kensuke Miyazaki, paving the way for a by-election on April 24 in Kyoto, to go along with one already set for Hokkaido. Miyazaki, 35, a former lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, tendered ...
Paternity leave trailblazer Miyazaki quits over affair
LDP lawmaker and paternity leave pioneer Kensuke Miyazaki quits his seat after admitting to an extramarital affair.
Japan's 'paternity leave' LDP lawmaker embroiled in adultery allegations
An LDP lawmaker who created a stir in conservative Japan by filing for paternity leave when his child was born now stands accused of flagrant double standards over an alleged extramarital relationship with a model. Lower House member Kensuke Miyazaki is alleged to have had ...
Japanese lawmaker's paternity leave clashes with men-stay-at-work mindset
Kensuke Miyazaki planned to take a few weeks off work after his wife gave birth to their first child. Some of his colleagues and superiors are unhappy. It is a familiar standoff in workplaces across Japan, but this time it is playing out in the ...
Mothers want a word with the LDP's old guard over paternity leave slap-down
After LDP bigwigs took a young politician to task over his intention to take paternity leave, mothers vent their anger.
LDP lawmaker faces off against his party's old guard over child care leave plan
Liberal Democratic Party Lower House lawmaker Kensuke Miyazaki wanted to do something to change the nation's declining birthrate, so he announced last month he planned to take child care leave after his wife gives birth. The representative from Kyoto's No. 3 district now has another ...
