Japan aims to allow all new dads in central government to take month of paternity leave
Japan aims to ensure that all male central government employees can take paternity leave of at least one month, said Ryota Takeda, minister in charge of public servant system reform, on Friday. The Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs will consider concrete measures to encourage male ...
The government will begin encouraging male workers in the national public service sector to take more than a month of child care leave starting in fiscal 2020, so as to encourage similar moves for workers with local governments and in the private sector, government ...
Will Japanese society let fathers help out with child care?
Women in Japan have long been expected to handle the bulk of child care duties, whether it be feeding and bathing a child or dropping them off at day care in the morning and picking them up from the center later the same day. In ...
Growing network offers guidance for parents of children with disabilities in Japan
One of the biggest fears held by parents of children with disabilities is how to make sure their children are cared for after they are gone. With both parents and children in mind, a network of advisory services to help families plan for the future ...
Japanese government to study whether to introduce joint custody of children after divorce
There has been opposition to the idea, with some people expressing concern that it could adversely affect children if their parents are at odds.
First clear evidence that prehistoric humans weaned babies with specialized bottles found
Archaeologists have uncovered the first evidence that our prehistoric ancestors in Europe weaned their infants much the way we do now, using specialized baby bottles to feed them animal milk. The discovery casts rare light on childhood and child-rearing in ancient humans — an area ...
U.K. transgender man who gave birth to be registered as child's mom, court rules
A transgender man who gave birth but did not want to be registered as the child's mother on the birth certificate lost a legal battle at England's High Court on Wednesday. Freddy McConnell, 32, was born as a woman but has lived as a man ...
The positive impact of male politicians taking paternity leave could be huge in Japan.
Japan to raise subsidies for firms where dads take paternity leave, sources say
The extra funding is intended to get companies to more than double the nationwide participation rate to 13 percent so more women can enter the workforce.
Alternate lives: South Korean orphans' quests for answers
On a summer's day in 1985, a 7-year-old boy sat alone at a crowded bus station in Seoul, sobbing as he waited desperately for his mother to return. Jo Youn-hwan was wearing a baseball uniform that his mother had bought him a few days before ...
More breastfeeding could save the world $1 billion every day, study says
Not enough breastfeeding costs the global economy almost $1 billion each day due to lost productivity and the costs of health care, researchers said on Friday. A new website developed by researchers in Canada and Asia showed that the world could save $341 billion each ...
"Anthony" cried so hard at night that Susana Ortegon couldn't sleep. The weekend felt like an eternity for the 13-year-old. So when she handed back her "robot baby" it was with great relief. She had taken part in a program launched by the Caldas municipality ...
