小泉環境相「育休」取得へ　３カ月間に計２週間程度

　小泉進次郎環境相は１５日、第１子誕生後に「育児休暇」を取得する考えを表明した。妻でフリーアナウンサーの滝川クリステルさんは近く出産する予定。オンライン会議システムなどを活用したテレワークや短時間勤務を行いながら、３カ月間で計２週間程度、育児に充てる時間を確保する。
　小泉氏は同日開かれた環境省の働き方改革に関する会議で「制度だけでなくて空気を変えていかなければ、（育休を）取得する公務員も増えていかないだろう。私をきっかけにみんなが臆することなく取得しやすい働き方が進むことを期待している」と話した。（2020/01/15-11:56）

Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who is expecting a child with his wife, said Wednesday that he will take paternity leave for some two weeks in total over three months.
   Koizumi plans to secure time for child-rearing by shortening work hours and teleworking from home using online conference and other systems.
   His wife, Christel Takigawa, a freelance television presenter, is set to give birth to their first child shortly.
   "The number of government workers taking childcare leave would not increase unless the government changes not only employment systems but also the workplace atmosphere," Koizumi said in a meeting to discuss work style reform held at the Environment Ministry.
   "I hope my decision would encourage other people to take child-rearing leave without hesitation," he said.