Japanese media: Japanese men's parenting leave rate last year was 13.97%, reaching the highest historical value

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) website reported on the 7th that in October last year, the Ministry of Health and Labor and Ministry of Welfare of Japan surveyed the male parental leave rate of 6,300 enterprises in the country (3683 companies replied).The childcare leave rate of Japanese men who worked in the place in 2021 was 13.97%, reaching the highest historical value, but there was still a gap between the goal of reaching 30%in 2025 by the Japanese government.

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Compared with the Ministry of Life and Labor, compared with the male parental vacation in 2018 and 2021, it was found that 71.4%of the respondents in 2018 were less than 2 weeks of parenting vacation, and this proportion fell to 51.5%in 2021; 9.6%of the interviewed men in 2018 were24.5%.Overall, male parenting vacation time is growing.The Ministry of Labor, Labor, Ministry of Labor, said that in the future, it will create an environment that makes men easier to get childcare leave.(Li Xiao)

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