Disaster leaves unexpected impact on rural Japan's marriage migrants
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 08:34
in Mathematics & Economics
Media coverage following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami that caused widespread destruction in northeastern Japan helped raise the profile of a previously 'invisible' part of the population—women who come from other countries to marry Japanese men. The coverage led to some, but not all, women gaining more recognition from their communities, according to joint research from Japan and New Zealand.