'Fathering school' opens to teach men about childcare

'Fathering school' opens to teach men about childcare

TOKYO, Japan - A man uses a life-sized doll of a child during a childcare session at the ''fathering school'' in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Nov. 5, 2009.

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