Japanese companies grow more flexible on nursing care leave

Increasing burden of family care threatens losses of core managerial staff

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In order to maintain business momentum, Japanese companies are seeking ways to enable their employees to spend time off work caring for aging relatives. 

RIMI INOMATA and MOTOKAZU MATSUI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese companies are rushing to make working rules and paid leave schemes more flexible to support employees who must care for senior family members at home.

Time needed for family nursing care is a growing burden on the workforce with most of Japan's baby boomers expected to reach the age of 75.

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