Recruiting single mothers in Japan

The World

Japan has a serious problem — with an aging and shrinking population, there aren’t enough young people to populate smaller cities. So, some smaller cities are trying out a temporary solution — they’re actively recruiting single mothers. Susie Armitage has the story from the city of Hamada.

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