In the fiscal year 2021, more than half of male parents in Japan who took parental leave came back to work after less than two weeks. By comparison, around 64 percent of employed mothers who took parental leave returned to work after 10 to 18 months.
Distribution of employees who took parental leave and returned in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by length taken and gender
fiscal year 2021; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
based on the survey results
Supplementary notes
Among employees who took parental leave and returned to work between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021, excluding those who resigned after the parental leave.
Missing and exceeding percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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MHLW (Japan). (July 31, 2023). Distribution of employees who took parental leave and returned in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by length taken and gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1334294/japan-share-employees-returning-parental-leave-by-length-and-gender/
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