The award-winning independent documentary film “The Ones Left Behind,” released last year, tells the story of such single mothers in Japan, weaving together interviews with the women and ...

According to the Cabinet Office, more women have moved to Tokyo in recent years. Excluding Tokyo, Japan had around 11 million unmarried men and 9.1 million single women aged 15 to 49 in 2020.

But for single mothers in Japan, many of whom struggle to make ends ... group received for a survey it conducted in April. The Tokyo-based Single Mother Forum wanted to get an idea of the economic ...

TOKYO -- The government of Japan ... among the some 1.2 million single-mother households in the country, 86% of the women hold jobs. Of these, 49% are full-time staffers and 39% are part-time ...