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Why Japan is paying single mothers to move to the countryside

Susie Armitage

June 06, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Japan, Hamada

Small towns in Japan like Hamada are recruiting single mothers in an effort to boost their declining population, and care of their aging one. They recruit single mothers by offering them jobs at the local nursing homes, paying them while they get trained, covering their moving costs, part of their rent, and a offering them a used car.

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