Koizumi is first of Japan’s top ministers to take paternity leave
Cabinet minister hopes move will improve attitudes to male parenting in country with dwindling birthrate
Japan’s environment minister has announced that he will take paternity leave when his first child is born this month, the first time a cabinet minister in the country has publicly committed to such a move.
Shinjirō Koizumi, a media-savvy 38-year-old, married to a former television anchorwoman, told a ministry meeting it had been a difficult decision to balance his duties as minister and his desire to be with his newborn.
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