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CHILD CARE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2021
The pandemic doesn¡¯t have to hurt women most
Women make up a larger share of workers in industries that ground to a halt, and they typically shoulder more of the unpaid labor at home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 14, 2019
Why paternity leave should be mandatory
Behind the declining child population and the lingering income gap between Japanese men and women is the fact that husbands and wives do not take part in raising their children together.
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Apr 6, 2018
Aichi day care worker¡¯s apology for getting pregnant highlights labor crunch in female-dominated sectors
A man¡¯s claim that his wife, who worked at a day care center in Aichi Prefecture, was forced to apologize to her employer for getting pregnant ahead of senior coworkers, has highlighted how the labor crunch in female-dominated sectors can affect operators.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics
Jan 9, 2018
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike pledges better child care as capital eyes population peak
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Tuesday pledged greater support in child and nursing care to address growing social needs as the nation seeks to deal with its shrinking and graying population.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society
May 6, 2016
250,000 Japanese engaged in ¡®double care¡¯ of children, adult family members: survey
An estimated 253,000 people are currently shouldering the double burden of raising children while also caring for sick or elderly family members, a recent survey by the Cabinet Office has found.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Apr 11, 2016
Let¡¯s discuss using robots in child care
RoHo Care is being touted as a high-tech solution to the staffing crisis in Japan¡¯s child care sector.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society
Apr 1, 2016
Robotics makes baby steps toward solving Japan¡¯s child care shortage
Child care is a hard job, but somebody, or something, has got to do it.
Japan Times
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Jan 6, 2015
Facility offers rare day care for children with special needs
Finding suitable child care facilities is a daunting task for most working families in Japan, but when it comes to children with severe medical problems and disabilities, the options are virtually nil.
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Oct 10, 2014
Abe¡¯s Cabinet issues list of projects to help women
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe¡¯s Cabinet on Friday issued a ¡°package¡± of policy measures to help women in the nation¡¯s male-dominated society, including new government consultancies to help single-mother families, job training courses and expanded after-school programs for young children.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 30, 2014
Let the kids jump around in Osaka
Jumping around on an outdoor bouncy castle is a summer rite of passage that no kid should be denied, but with Japan¡¯s rainy season kicking in, it¡¯s not something that can be planned so easily. Fuwa Fuwa kids adventure 2014 in Osaka, though, offers inflatable entertainment indoors, so you can still get...
EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2014
Office child care to be subsidized
Finally the government plans to subsidize in-house corporate child care centers provided that the companies also open the centers to children of those who are not employees.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 4, 2014
Baby facilities take the tantrums out of shopping
¡°Toddler¡± and ¡°shopping¡± are two words that are likely to instill instant fear into the heart of all but the most unflappable of parents.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Aug 6, 2013
Let your babies get loud at karaoke
It¡¯s Friday evening in Shibuya. The sun is setting, the neon is flashing and the crowds are swelling. And so with beginning-of-the-weekend fever in the air, it is perhaps little surprise that Madonna is already blaring in one karaoke room on the second floor of a building near the station.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Jul 3, 2013
Bubbles, music and paint as babies learn to create
For a moment, I wonder if I¡¯ve accidentally strayed onto the set of a children¡¯s TV programme. Center stage are three grown men in matching T-shirts singing at the top of their voices in a Technicolor-bright toy-filled room more dazzling than Joseph¡¯s dreamcoat.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
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