There is a lot of cultural pressure around men taking leave even if it is available. Shinjirō Koizumi caused controversy when he took two weeks of his family l

There is a lot of cultural pressure around men taking leave even if it is available. Shinjirō Koizumi caused controversy when he took two weeks of his family leave as a minister because Japanese men never take it due to cultural reasons even though they are legally entitled to a full year of paternal leave. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/asia/japan-koizumi-paternity-leave-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/asia/japan-koizumi-paternity-... And he was the son of a former prime minister, so even he was not powerful enough to be immune from criticism of this kind