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The Environment Minister of Japan, Shinjiro Koizumi announced the birth of his first child in January.
日本环境大臣小泉纯一郎一月份宣布了他第一个孩子的出生。
Paternity. Koizumi said he will take two weeks of paternity leave from his job over three months.
父亲身份。小泉纯一郎表示，他将在三个月内休两周的陪产假。

He is the first cabinet minister in Japan to take paternity leave.
他是日本第一位休陪产假的内阁大臣。
paternity is the state of being the father of a child.
父亲身份是作为孩子父亲的状态。
In this example, paternity describes the leave as a time when a father's child is born.
在这个例子中，“paternity”表示一个父亲的孩子出生时请的假期。
A paternity test is done to prove that a man is or is not the biological father of a child.
亲子鉴定是为了证明一个男人是否是孩子的生父。
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