Last month, I wrote a blog post about the cost of giving birth in JapanĀ – which for us, […]
Category Archive: Maternity leave
We spent International Women’s Day tackling the gender-neutral issue of . . . Tax! A couple of weeks […]
Thinking about doing your bit for the declining population? Get your credit card ready! I’ve been putting off […]
While I was pregnant, I wish someone had handed me a checklist of admin that would need to […]
In our area of Tokyo (Minato-ku), and across Japan, families with new babies are entitled to a variety […]
Just as my maternity leave was beginning in October of last year, I received a mammoth Residence Tax […]
Japan’s prenatal system is excellent, if a bit more involved, process-driven, and tech-heavy than that in other countries. […]
Did you know that, if you’re classified as a ‘senior woman’ in the Japanese workforce, you may not […]
As you might imagine, with the one of the world’s lowest maternal mortality rates, Japan’s pre-natal care system […]
Getting started