NOBILO: Prince Harry is back on royal duty, although we don't know for how much longer. He hosted a major rugby league event at Buckingham Palace and he watched children from the local school play rugby, as well. It was the prince's first public appearance since he announced that he was curtailing his royal activities and moving to Canada part-time. His wife, Meghan, is already getting involved in women's causes in Canada. Today, she visited a nonprofit in Vancouver called "Justice for Girls." And we end tonight with a story of a man who is taking two weeks' paternity leave when his first child is born. And nothing too unusual there, right? Except that this is a government minister and it's happening in Japan. Shinjiro Koizumi is the country's environment minister and the first cabinet minister to make such a move. He is also tipped to be a future Prime Minister of the country. It's unusual, because father's rarely take time off in Japan, and that's not because it's not an option for them. It's because Japan has one of the world's most generous time off allowances for new fathers, which is a whole year. But this is because the country's work culture. It means that many people don't take up the option. So, the government data says that only 6% of fathers took their leave in 2018 and Koizumi said that in the future, he hopes that they'll have a society where a politician's paternity leave doesn't make the news. That's "THE BRIEF." I am Bianca Nobilo and "World Sports" is up next.
Prince Harry Hosts Rugby Event At Buckingham Palace