Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Japanese mothers struggle to cope after virus shuts schools
TOKYO (AP) — Keiko Kobayashi brought her 7-year-old son to her Tokyo office on Monday after his school, like most others in Japan, suddenly closed for four weeks in a government effort to slow the rapid spread of the new virus. She was lucky — her employer agreed to let them temporarily share an executive office with another mother and child.
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