Category Archives: Paternity leave

“Men should work, women should stay home”

Posted on July 23, 2010 by MThomas

I sat outside the passport center building with my daughter in her stroller and showed both her passports. “Now you’re officially both American and Japanese,” I told her (of course, she had no idea what I was saying; she just … Continue reading →

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Leave Starts

Posted on April 1, 2010 by MThomas

It’s official. Today I have become the first male worker ever at a Japanese National College of Technology to take Child Care Leave. I have been granted official leave from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011. The term in … Continue reading →

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Initial reactions (cont.)

Posted on December 3, 2009 by MThomas

In 1992, in what was widely publicized as the first incident of a man taking child care leave from a private company in Japan, Mutsumi Ota took 3 months off from his job and wrote about his experiences for Japan … Continue reading →

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