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Tokyo government to introduce four-day workweek for its employees

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Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announced that starting in April , employees of the metropolitan government will have the option to take three days off each week .

The new policy is designed to encourage couples to have children at a time when the country’s fertility rate is at a record low.

Last year , it dipped to a mere 1.2 children expected per woman during her lifetime.