THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 18, 2021 at 18:28 JST
A boy with South American heritage practices how to write Chinese characters at a group home for children in Mie Prefecture. (Mari Fujisaki)
Nearly 4 percent of children living in group homes for youngsters across Japan have at least one parent with foreign roots, forcing staff members to confront issues they were not initially trained to handle, an Asahi Shimbun study shows. [Read More]
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