japan's environment minister, shinjiro koizumi, is raising eyebrows by taking time off to take care ofter and mp to do so, but also because very few dads in japan actually take paternity leave. the bbc‘s mariko 0i explains why. this dad is who everyone in japan has been talking about the past week, all because he is about to go on leave to take care of his newborn son. it is notjust because shinjiro koizumi is the first minister and the first male mp to do this, but also because hardly anyone injapan expects a father to take parental leave. it is nearly always mothers doing it. japan actually has one of the most generous paternity weave in the world. dads can take up to a year off. but the thing is, hardly anyone takes it. only 6% of working dads did in 2018. basically, young fathers are scared to go up to their bosses and say, hey, can i take paternity leave, because they fear that may kill their career. there have been claims of fathers being sidelined after taking paternity leave. that sounds pretty familiar to us working mums, doesn't it? this is a society where men rank as one of

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