Japan govt to help women who are fired from part-time work - Finance Minister

Reuters

09/03/2021

02:41 MYT

Japan govt to help women who are fired from part-time work - Finance Minister

Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, wearing a protective face mask, delivers his policy speech at the opening of an ordinary session of the parliament in Tokyo, Japan January 18, 2021. REUTERS pic

TOKYO: The Japanese government will compile measures to help women who are fired from part-time work, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday, noting that suicides were on the rise among young women.

Aso did not elaborate on the nature of the measures or how the government would target just women.