WOMEN
Survey: Japanese Women (Still) Do All the Housework
A recent survey asked married couples in Japan how much housework they do. The shocking results spotlight the unfair burden placed on…
parenting
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WOMEN
SOCIETY
Japanese Soup Chain’s Free Baby Food Plan Stirs Online Ire
Soup Stock Tokyo's new offering of free baby food has sparked a backlash, adding more fuel to the debate over child-rearing in…
FOOD
Japan’s Political Parties Agree on Free School Lunches
Japan's political parties appear to agree: Kids shouldn't go hungry. Inside Japan's rapidly advanced plans to make public school lunches free.
SOCIETY
Japan PM Suggests Workers “Reskill” During Parental Leave
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio seemed to suggest that parents should reskill during parental leave, drawing immediate backlash online.
SOCIETY
Stop Making Parents Carry Used Diapers Home, Japan Tells Daycares
Japan's government is calling on the country's daycares to end a stinky practice of forcing parents to haul their kids' dirty diapers…
SOCIETY
How Gender Bias Keeps Japanese Girls Out of STEM
Why are there so few women in STEM fields in Japan? Yuko Tamura argues that the bias starts before girls even turn…
CULTURE
Park Closure and Strollers Highlight Hurdles of Raising Kids in Japan
A park in Japan will close thanks partly to one resident - and it has some up in arms about the country's…
SOCIETY
Japan Will Finally Repeal 300-Day Paternity Rule from 1898
Japan's government signals it'll scrap a Meiji era law that has put women at risk and left hundreds of kids unregistered.