Go Home Early On Us. Make Japaneses Babies Canon Employees Are Told!

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Even before one reaches the front door of Canon's headquarters in Tokyo, one can sense the virtual stampede of employees pouring out of the building exactly at 5:30 p.m.
In a country where 12-hour workdays are common, the electronics giant has taken to letting its employees leave early twice a week for a rather unusual reason: to encourage them to have more babies.
"Canon has a very strong birth planning program," says the company's spokesman Hiroshi Yoshinaga. "Sending workers home early to be with their families is a part of it."
Japan in the midst of an unprecedented recession, so corporations are being asked to work toward fixing another major problem: the country's low birthrate.
At 1.34, the birthrate is well below the 2.0 needed to maintain Japan's population, according to the country's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/26/canon.babies/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Until recently, I worked for Canon.  They said, "Go home, and you and Seraphina, have some fun!  Yuk! Yuk!!  Make some nice babies to take care of all of us when we get old."  So, I did.  Many times.  Many fine times.  Then, they found out Seraphina had been spayed years ago.  Canon was pissed!  That was it for my Canon duty.  

I work for Veterans Administration now, and with O in office and with his administration's support for birth control... maybe a new day is here.

Pooch Doggy Dog

View the Prairie Pooch Hole blog here...