Links, references, and survey results relating to gender equality, work-life balance, childcare, and family care

Links

Please click each icon. 

Gender Equality

• Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office 
• Japan Inter-Society Liaison Association Committee for Promoting Equal Participation of Men and Women in Science and Engineering: EPMEWSE 
• “Winet: Women’information network” （National Women’s Education Center of Japan：NWEC）

Childcare

• ”Comprehensive Living Guide for Foreign Residents in Japan”  > Child Services (Council of Local Authorities for International Relations: CLAIR)
• ”Living Guide”  > Childbirth/Childcare (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation “TSUNAGARI”)
• ”Living Information”  (Kanagagwa Prefecture)
• “Parenting in Japan―Steps from Delivery to School Enrollment―”  (Kanagawa International Foundation)

Local public service information for parenting

• Ota City 
  Please click a language. > Home > Procedures > Child-raising, education > Daycare Center
• Meguro City 
  Please click a language. > Home > Living, Procedures > Childcare > Nursery school
• City of Yokohama 
  Living Guide > ChildCare・Education

References

Books relating to gender equality, career development, childcare, family care, etc. are available in Japanese for borrowing at the Gender Equality Section.

Click here for a list of available titles as of April 2020 (in Japanese).

Surveys

Surveys on gender equality and work-life balance, conducted by the Gender Equality Center (presently known as Gender Equality Section).

Childcare Needs Survey (intranet, Japanese, pdf)