Law enacted to support reclusive youngsters

Law enacted to support reclusive youngsters

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Obuchi, Japanese state minister in charge of tackling declining childbirths, bows at a House of Councillors plenary session after the house enacted a law to help young people who have withdrawn from society to stand on their own feet.

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