Japan ranked the highest in childcare leave among 41 high-income countries, but lagged behind Luxembourg and seven other European countries that received the highest marks overall for childrearing support in a United Nations Children's Fund survey released Thursday.Japan, which came in 21st overall, was given credit for allowing the longest paid childcare leave for fathers among the surveyed countries, although the rate of men actually taking leave remained small despite gradual improvement, the UNICEF survey showed.In the overall rankings, Iceland placed second, followed by Sweden and Norw…READ FULL ARTICLE
