Record 30% eligible employees took paternity leave in Japan in FY 2023

A record 30 percent of employees in Japan took paternity leave in fiscal 2023, climbing for the 11th straight year and surging from 17 percent in the previous year, a government survey showed Wednesday.The rise came after the government started obliging companies in April 2022 to inform employees of paternity or maternity leave and confirm whether they intend to take it after workers notify their employers of pregnancy and childbirth.While the ratio of male employees who took paternity leave stood at 30.1 percent in the fiscal year ended March, up 13.0 percentage points, that for female wor…READ FULL ARTICLE