On Nov. 22, Yuka Ogata, a female politician in southwestern Japan, returned to work at the Kumamoto Municipal Assembly for the first time since giving birth in April and brought her 7-month-old son with her to a meeting.Assembly members eventually persuaded Ogata to leave her baby with a friend during the meeting, and she received a written reprimand on Wednesday for obstructing the flow of a session and attempting to bring a non-assembly member to the floor.Ogata’s action sparked a debate that quickly spread outside the assembly about whether it is appropriate to bring children to busines…READ FULL ARTICLE
