'Visa' marriage up, gov't steps up inpsections

'Visa' marriage up, gov't steps up inpsections

TOKYO, Japan - ''Gina,'' a Filipina in her mid-20s, works at an ethnic food shop in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward. Gina has been living in Japan for about three years in a visa marriage with a 40-year-old Japanese construction worker. By Hirotaka Imaizumi

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