Van Neri
Tokyo — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has an unprecedented plan to boost economic growth and shore up his country's shrinking labor force — help more women return to work.
Risa Kumabe, 26, is a housewife in Tokyo who would like to return to work, but finds the cost of child care along with the amount of housework to be done standing in her way. In Japan, husbands with children spend on average about one-third the time helping with household duties than those in th...
