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This photo provided by Japan Media Services shows a scene from The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, directed by Rionne McAvoy. The award-winning independent documentary film released in 2023 tells the story of single mothers in Japan, weaving together interviews with the women and experts, and showing the other side of a culture whose ideal is for women to get married and become stay-at-home housewives and mothers. (Japan Media Services via AP)

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Japan is rich, but many of its children are poor; a film documents the plight of single mothers
By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press
Tue,01/23/24-2:17AM , 146 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing housework — all while suffering from poverty.
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Japan's Emperor Naruhito, from left, Empress Masako, Crown Prince Akishino, Crown Princess Kiko and their daughter Princess Kako arrive at an annual celebration of poetry at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. Masako expressed her yearning for peace as a mother’s love in her poem Friday at an annual celebration of poetry at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP)

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Japan's imperial family hosts a poetry reading with a focus on peace to welcome the new year
By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press
Fri,01/19/24-1:28AM , 409 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — A mother's love and a yearning for peace flowed from Japanese Empress Masako's poem, read Friday at an annual celebration of poetry at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
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This undated handout photo provided by UNIQLO shows the UNIQLO Round Mini Shoulder Bag in different colours. Uniqlo Co. has sued rival retailer Shein over a small shoulder bag the Japanese retailer said was an inferior and unlawful copy of its hit product touted as the “Mary Poppins bag”. The lawsuit demanded Shein stop selling its product that Uniqlo said looks too much like its Round Mini Shoulder Bag.

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Uniqlo sues Shein over alleged copy of its popular 'Mary Poppins bag'
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP Business Writer
Wed,01/17/24-7:45PM , 181 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Uniqlo Co. has sued rival retailer Shein over a small shoulder bag the Japanese retailer said was an inferior and unlawful copy of its hit product touted as the “Mary Poppins bag.”

The lawsuit demanded Shein stop selling its product that Uniqlo said looks too much like its Round Mini Shoulder Bag.
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The slump continues on Wall Street. The AP's Seth Sutel reports. ((self open))

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Stock market today: Asian shares trade mixed after Wall Street dips amid dimming rate cut hopes
By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP Business Writer
Wed,01/17/24-12:06AM , 111 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares traded mixed Thursday as pessimism spread among investors about any imminent interest rate cut in the United States.
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