According to the health ministry's fiscal 2025 Basic Survey of Gender Equality in Employment Management, the percentage of male employees at private companies taking parental leave reached a record 50.9 percent. The figure rose 10.4 percentage points from the previous year, a second straight year of double-digit growth, meeting the government's target of 50 percent in fiscal 2025.Among workplaces with male employees whose spouses had given birth, the proportion where men took parental leave also rose sharply to 57.1 percent, up 16.1 percentage points from the previous year. The increase lik…READ FULL ARTICLE
