Pursuits
This Japanese Lawmaker Is Under Fire for Trying to Take Paternity Leave
- Male politican angers old guard by seeking time off work
- Abe is seeking to keep women in work to bolster labor force
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Kensuke Miyazaki is planning to take a few weeks off work after his wife gave birth to their first child. Some of his colleagues and superiors are unhappy.
It’s a familiar standoff in workplaces across Japan, but this time it’s playing out in parliament, where Miyazaki and his wife Megumi Kaneko are both lawmakers for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Miyazaki, 35, would be the first member of the Diet to take paternity leave.