Ms. Yoshie Komuro is a beautiful lady with so much energy and passion!! So many of her words just go straight to your heart, especially women in Japan.

She is one of the key social entrepreneurs changing Japan through the working life-styles of women. Last July she started a company called WorkLifeBalance in Japan which is dedicated to supporting women who are on childcare leave, or are raising children while they work.

Her latest program allows users to receive and exchange information on topics such as daycare facilities and preparations for returning to work, as well as e-learning programs for English and computer skills.

She commented in a recent seminar group held for students and new graduates, that one of the reasons why her program has been finding so much need is because of the implimentation of the "Next Generation Law" enacted in July 2003, which obligates companies to provide a children and parenting friendly working environment.

There is so much need for women and men in Japan to feel free, unburdened, and supported in raising children. And so much that adults learn from being with babies and children! I find it so unnatural to be in Shibuya (region in Tokyo for youngsters) and to never come accross a mother with babies in a stroller or old grandma/pas with walking sticks.

We should all realize that a natural world is one in which you find animals with four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening....at all times during the day and night!!

Article on Ms. Yoshie Komuro (CEO of WorkLifeBalance)
http://www.japantoday.com/jp/feature/1179