A same-sex couple in Japan whose 2-year-old daughter can't obtain Japanese citizenship even though she was born in the ...

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 ...

But for single mothers in Japan, many of whom struggle to make ends meet during the best of times, the current situation is particularly perilous. Over half of single mothers say income has decreased ...