Environment Minister Koizumi Childcare leave Consider including re-acquisition when wife returns to work January 31, 13:26
Minister Koizumi stated that he would consider his childcare leave not only in the planned two weeks, but also when his wife, Christel Takigawa, returned to work, including taking it again.
Environment Minister Koizumi, who intends to take a two-week parental leave in the three months after his eldest son's birth, returned home for a short time until the House of Councilors Budget Committee meeting in the afternoon at a press conference on the morning of the 31st. Revealed to participate.
He said, "I received advice from my senior mom and dad that there is a way to take another childcare leave when my mother returns to work. Two weeks is not the upper limit," she said. He stated that his wife and free announcer Christel Takigawa would consider taking childcare leave again when he returned to work.
On the other hand, Minister Koizumi was asked to comment on same-sex marriage, but said, "I would like to continue working as a politician to create a society where every person can live the way they want."