This is a part of Japan’s bid to boost their declining birth rates.
will be introducing a four-day work week for government workers in the nation’s latest bid to boost low fertility rates and help working mothers.
The government also announced a separate policy that will allow workers with children studying in grades one to three om elementary schools to give up a portion of their wages for the option to leave work earlier. “Now is the time for Tokyo to take the initiative to protect and enhance the lives, livelihoods and economy of our people during these challenging times for the nation,” Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike was quoted as saying.According to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the fertility rate of the country plummeted to a low 1.2 with only 727,277 births recorded last year.
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