Men rearing toddlers an "unwelcome idea," says ruling party exec

A senior member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said that raising infants and toddlers is a job for mothers and that fathers taking the primary role is an "unwelcome idea.""We speak of cool ideas such as a gender-equal society and men's childrearing, but they are unwelcome ideas for children," Koichi Hagiuda, 54, executive acting secretary general of the LDP, said Sunday in a speech in Miyazaki city, referring to care for children up to the age of 2."Children need an environment in which they can stay with their mothers," he added.His remarks came as the government under Prime Mi…READ FULL ARTICLE