{"id":10874,"date":"2011-10-24T05:10:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T05:10:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-10-24T05:10:34","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T05:10:34","slug":"Japan-s-housewives-fight-for-right-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10874","title":{"rendered":"Japan’s housewives fight for right to work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda wants more to see more women in the country’s labour market. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This especially with Japan’s rapidly declining and ageing population.<\/p>\n

Until a few years ago, it was the norm for Japanese women to become full-time housewives after getting married.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Twenty-nine-year-old Yumi Katsu used to work for a food company in Nagano.<\/p>\n

But she left her job when she got married to a man in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Now her full-time job is looking after her two children.<\/p>\n

The Japanese government is encouraging men to take on more childcare duties – by asking companies to give out paternity leave.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But that’s still not common practice, and men are afraid of losing their jobs if they take time off.<\/p>\n

Yumi eventually wants to return to work.<\/p>\n

Data shows 77 per cent of women between the ages of 25 and 29 work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But that figure drops to 66 per cent for those between the ages of 35 and 39.<\/p>\n

Yoko Mizuno, 34, was working in the insurance business before she left her job upon having her first child.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She wants to go back to work, as soon as she finds a daycare center for her son.<\/p>\n

Kaori Iijima, a senior year student at Tokyo Kasei University, said she’d prefer to work for as long as possible. <\/p>\n

Labor ministry figures show the number of working women fell in 2010.<\/p>\n

However, the number of working men stood at 42 per cent – the highest ever.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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