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Masako Ishii-Kuntz Is Training Better Japanese Fathers

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As a longtime fatherhood researcher, Masako Ishii-Kuntz was instrumental in the launch of the ikumen project, a nationwide campaign aimed at encouraging fathers to get more involved in home-making and childcare. Now she trains most of the home economics teachers in Tokyo, and has introduced gender-balanced labor and childcare as part of the class, which is required all through school in Japan.

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