TOKYO, Dec 4 — Tokyo’s governor wants to introduce a four-day work week for government staffers in the capital as part of a nationwide push to encourage parenthood. Prime...
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Najib: ‘Deeply painful’ to hear once-trusted ex-minister Husni’s 1MDB court testimony; you get blamed for everything when at the topPeople walk through the entrance gates to Yasukuni Shrine as the leaves display a brilliant yellow colour for the autumn season in central Tokyo on December 1, 2024. Tokyo’s governor wants to introduce a four-day work week for government staffers in the capital as part of a nationwide push to encourage parenthood.
To make work-life balance easier for parents, Governor Yuriko Koike wants to offer civil servants employed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government the option to work a truncated week beginning in April. Under the plan, government staff except shift workers may take up to three days off weekly, but will still need to complete 155 hours per month, Sachi Ikegami, a Tokyo Metropolitan Government official in charge of personnel affairs told AFP on Wednesday.
While many developed countries are struggling with low birth rates, the problem is particularly acute in Japan where the population has declined for 15 straight years.
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