Reader Mail May 21, 2020

Noncompliance during the pandemic deserves shaming

Regarding the May 16 Japan Pulse column headlined “Understanding the need to shame someone on social media for not exercising self-restraint during a pandemic,” I live in Jackson Heights in New York City — an epicenter of the coronavirus in the U.S. I read with ...

Reader Mail May 21, 2020

Paternity leave won't work unless government steps in

Regarding the May 14 story “Paternity leave still not widely embraced in Japan: survey,” it is difficult to take paternity leave in Japan for a variety of reasons. First, one is most likely to lose out on one's annual income and bonus by availing paternity ...