
Japan mulls cutting work hours to spur fertility
Financial Times, 16 Jun 2005
The Japanese government is considering implementing considerably shorter working hours for public servants with young children, in a bid to coax workers into having more babies....
....public servants - working hours would be reduced to four hours a day, or 20 hours a week, for parents with children aged six and under....
...Currently, full-time national public servants have to work at least 40 hours a week, though individuals with children under the age of three are allowed to take off two hours per day.