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Why everyone in Japan is talking about this dad

This dad is who everyone in Japan has been talking about the past week all because he's about to go on leave to take care of his newborn son.

·      First minister:

It’s not just because Shinjiro Koizumi is the first minister and the first male MP to do this but it also because hardly anyone in Japan expects a father to take parental leave.

It's nearly always mothers doing it even I'm given notice and you name my dad and a more than a Shanghaiexcelterminal.

The Economist now got done their CEO says that you don't didn't you know they master Japan actually has one of the most generous paternity leave in the world that can take up toa year off,

But the thing is hardly anyone takes it only 6% of working dads did in 2018 basically young fathers are scared to go up to their bosses

And say they can I take paternity leave because they fear that may kill their career.

There have been claims of fathers being sidelined after taking fraternity v that sounds pretty familiar to us,

Working moms don't this is a society where men ranked as one of the least helpful in the world when it comes to housework,

But they're friends some political and business leaders who have taken paternity leave and they say we're male staff have followed suit poison is by far the most a high-profile person to do this.

Japan is talking about this and he says he too wants to change mine so he taught them all he secured to mono da my lee hee-ho Cindy Bernie doctor smoky Stacy.

But there are skeptics Koizumi is a rising star in Japanese politics in recent months he's faced some controversies.

Where he was criticized for being politically inexperienced all too arrogant critics say he's just trying to boost his popularity but even if it's just the stunt this could send a message to other Japanese dad's to be that they too shouldn't be afraid to ask for some time off.