Raising Children in Japan

【Column】Even Childcare Professionals Would Struggle: The Unreasonable “Childcare Leave Expulsion” Rule　（日本語版）【コラム】「保育士でも詰む」育休退園制度の不条理【コラム】「保育士でも詰む」育休退園制度の不条理

In Japan, when a parent takes childcare leave for a new baby, their older child may be forced to leave daycare.This syst...

2025.06.29

Raising Children in Japan

【ごあいさつ / A Quick Note】英語記事も再開します！ / I’m Bringing Back English Posts!

こんにちは、さくらママです。いつもブログをご覧いただき、本当にありがとうございます。皆さまに読んでいただけていることが、日々の執筆の大きな励みになっています。最近、このブログには英語圏から訪れてくださる方もいらっしゃることがわかりました。そ...

2025.06.29

Raising Children in Japan

The Case of the Bump on the Pool Slide

Hello everyone.My name is Sakura Mom.Today, I would like to write about "the case of being hit from behind on the pool s...

2023.08.28

Raising Children in Japan

Victims’ Families Re-appeal for Compensation, Saying “We Cannot Allow the Perpetrator to Get Away with Evasion and Evasion” Victims bear a heavy burden, and some have abandoned the lawsuit due to the high costs.

【News Citation】Cases in which perpetrators do not pay compensation to crime victims or their bereaved families and victi...

2023.08.21

Raising Children in Japan

Redistribution of income by setting an income ceiling. Kohei Saito proposes three points for “de-growth.

【News Citation】With the continuing heat wave in Japan and reports of abnormal weather such as torrential rains and heat ...

2023.08.05

Raising Children in Japan

Criticism Floods Into Flier for Pregnant Women in Onomichi City, Hiroshima: “From an Older Dad to You” – An All Too Natural Reason for the Flame

【News Citation】Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Discontinues Distribution of Educational Flyer for Pregnant Women in...

2023.07.30

Raising Children in Japan

Japanese medical care is wonderful!

On a personal note, I recently went for a physical exam.At my workplace (in Japan), employees can choose between health ...

2023.07.21

Raising Children in Japan

I would like to share my personal opinion about the use of the women’s restroom by staff members with gender identity disorder, which I wrote about in this blog on July 11.

I would like to share my personal opinion about the use of the women's restroom by staff members with gender identity di...

2023.07.20

Raising Children in Japan

Police Agency to Consider Raising Truck Speeds on Highways for “2024 Problem”.

【News Citation】In order to respond to the "2024 problem," which is feared to worsen labor shortages in the logistics ind...

2023.07.14

Raising Children in Japan

Supreme Court Ruling METI’s Decision to Restrict Use of Women’s Restrooms Due to Gender Identity Disorder Illegal

【News Citation】In a lawsuit filed by a METI employee in her 50s with gender identity disorder, who is male under her fam...

2023.07.11

Raising Children in Japan

Raising Children in Japan

【Column】Even Childcare Professionals Would Struggle: The Unreasonable “Childcare Leave Expulsion” Rule （日本語版）【コラム】「保育士でも詰む」育休退園制度の不条理【コラム】「保育士でも詰む」育休退園制度の不条理

【ごあいさつ / A Quick Note】英語記事も再開します！ / I’m Bringing Back English Posts!

The Case of the Bump on the Pool Slide

Victims’ Families Re-appeal for Compensation, Saying “We Cannot Allow the Perpetrator to Get Away with Evasion and Evasion” Victims bear a heavy burden, and some have abandoned the lawsuit due to the high costs.

Redistribution of income by setting an income ceiling. Kohei Saito proposes three points for “de-growth.

Criticism Floods Into Flier for Pregnant Women in Onomichi City, Hiroshima: “From an Older Dad to You” – An All Too Natural Reason for the Flame

Japanese medical care is wonderful!

I would like to share my personal opinion about the use of the women’s restroom by staff members with gender identity disorder, which I wrote about in this blog on July 11.

Police Agency to Consider Raising Truck Speeds on Highways for “2024 Problem”.

Supreme Court Ruling METI’s Decision to Restrict Use of Women’s Restrooms Due to Gender Identity Disorder Illegal

【Column】Even Childcare Professionals Would Struggle: The Unreasonable “Childcare Leave Expulsion” Rule　（日本語版）【コラム】「保育士でも詰む」育休退園制度の不条理【コラム】「保育士でも詰む」育休退園制度の不条理