Tomoiku Sheet Web Version for Sharing Housework and Childcare

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's public relations initiative, the "Tomoiku Project," has released the "Tomoiku Sheet Web Version," a discussion tool that supports the creation of an optimal system for sharing housework and childcare as part of efforts to promote dual-income households and shared parenting. The "Tomoiku Sheet" is a tool for finding the division of housework and childcare that suits each household through dialogue with loved ones and shaping "the optimal system for sharing responsibilities" for the people involved.

The project aims to change the reality of so-called "one-person operations" at workplaces and in households and create a society where both women and men can balance work with housework and childcare according to their wishes and work toward "raising children together." With an approach centered particularly on companies, it conducts public awareness activities so that companies can work to create an environment conducive to shared parenting through improvements in employment conditions and workplace culture.

The "Tomoiku Sheet Web Version" can be used anytime on smartphones and computers without the hassle of downloading or printing. The original text also provides guidance to the page where it is posted.

Through dialogue with loved ones, the tool helps users consider how housework and childcare are divided and shape a system for sharing responsibilities that suits the people involved.

The contact point is the General Employer Action Plan Unit of the Work-Life Balance Support Division, Employment Environment and Equal Opportunity Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.