For Some Japanese Dads on Paternity Leave, No Housework Required
- Survey shows about a third of moms report dads did little work
- Japan promotes paternity leave amid demographic crisis
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Japan’s government has been pushing for fathers to take paternity leave as the country faces a demographic crisis, yet a new wrinkle has emerged as almost one third of mothers report that their partners do little to help out around the house while they’re off work.
Of 508 mothers with at least one child, 32% said their husbands did less than two hours of housework or childcare per day during paternity leave, according to a survey released Wednesday by Mamari, a motherhood information portal. About 20% of the mothers reported that their husbands did more than eight hours of work.