Abe asks companies to bear part of costs to expand child-care support

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked companies on Friday to shoulder part of the funds needed to expand child-care support, as the government steps up work to realize the ruling party's election promise of building more nurseries and making them free."I'd like to ask the industry circle to contribute around 300 billion yen ($2.6 billion)," Abe told a meeting of a government panel on human resources development.Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, the country's most powerful business lobby also known as Keidanren, told reporters the industry circle "ought to make an app…READ FULL ARTICLE