日 Tokyo 'Measures for Low Birth Rate' Spread of Local Governments Introducing Four-Day Work Week

Dec 06, 2024

日 Tokyo 'Measures for Low Birth Rate' Spread of Local Governments Introducing Four-Day Work Week
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Japan introduces a four-day work week as part of its low birth rate measures.

According to Japanese media, including the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that it will introduce a four-day flexible work week system for its public officials from April 2025.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said, "We will introduce a 'flexible work system' that allows public officials to flexibly choose working hours, and allow them to take every weekday off. We hope that it will expand to companies in a way of working so that they do not give up their careers through childbirth and child-rearing.""




As a result, from April next year, you can take a day off on weekdays if you secure 155 hours of working hours for four weeks.

For example, if you work about 10 hours a day from Monday to Thursday, Friday becomes a holiday.

In addition, employees with children under the third grade of elementary school can use about two hours of 'partial leave' a day to delay their commute or advance their commute.




In addition, Governor Koike announced that he would expand support for infertility treatment and in vitro fertilization as a countermeasure against low birth rates.

Meanwhile, in Japan, an increasing number of local governments are introducing a four-day flexible work system.

Ibaraki Prefecture started in April and Chiba Prefecture in June this year. They are all operating a system similar to that of Tokyo.




In Chiba Prefecture, 150 employees reportedly took three days off a week until November 1.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.