Tokyo gives government workers 4-day workweek to boost fertility, family time
- Tokyo's governor plans to introduce a four-day work week for government staff to support parenthood, starting in April.
- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has labeled Japan's low birth rate as a "quiet emergency" and supports flexible working policies.
- Governor Yuriko Koike stated that improving work-life balance is essential for enhancing women's empowerment and overall societal prosperity.
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Tokyo, the largest city on the planet, will allow its employees to work four days a week in a radical experiment designed to reverse the low birth rate not only in the metropolis but as an example for the entire island empire.
Gabriel Attal had proposed to study the implementation of the four-day week in the public service. A dissolution and a censure afterwards, the idea is no longer in the mood of the times. But what do we know
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Tokyo city government trials 4-day work week to boost birth rate
The NewsTokyo’s city government will give staff a four-day week in an effort to boost Japan’s declining birth rate. The country’s population is expected to fall for the 16th year in a row, and municipal authorities hope that a four-on, three-off work schedule could make childcare easier and less expensive and, in turn, the thought of parenting less daunting. Several other Japanese jurisdictions have introduced similar measures, as have South Afr…
Tokyo will introduce a four-day workweek for its government employees from April 2025. The aim is to increase the birth rate and improve the balance between work and family life.
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