According to a survey conducted in Japan between December 2022 and January 2023, regularly employed women spent twice as much time as men on household tasks and childcare on working days. Women allocated around 100 minutes per workday on childcare and domestic labor. At the same time, men spent an average of 44 minutes more at work.
Average time spent on different activities on workdays in Japan as of January 2023, by gender
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Cabinet Office Japan. (June 16, 2023). Average time spent on different activities on workdays in Japan as of January 2023, by gender (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399800/japan-time-allocation-on-workdays-by-gender/
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