Shinjiro Koizumi is the first minister to publicly announce time off to be with newborn. FMTNews PaternityLeave ShinjiroKozumi
TOKYO: Japan’s environment minister said Wednesday he would take two weeks of paternity leave, the first time a cabinet minister has publicly committed to such a move in the country.
He will not take the weeks off consecutively and said he expected to work remotely or have shortened days during the leave period – which will be spread over three months from his child’s birth. There are no official records on whether cabinet ministers have previously taken parental leave, but Koizumi is the first to publicly announce he is doing so.The son of a former prime minister, Koizumi was named environment minister in a cabinet reshuffle in September, becoming the third-youngest Japanese minister since the end of World War II.
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