TOKYO: A Canadian man who has been working in Tokyo's finance sector for nearly two decades is suing his employer Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities for what is known in Japan as paternity harassment. The number of births recorded in Japan in 2016 fell below one million for the first time, despite generous childcare leave benefits. For one, the law grants fathers up to 52 weeks or an entire year of paid paternity leave. The company's in-house policy rulebook said that those applying for childcare leave must produce a Japanese document called a "maternity health record book" that is issued by a local municipality. I follow all the rules, my e-mails are in Japanese, I do everything in Japanese," he stressed.

Source: The Star December 10, 2017 12:56 UTC