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Go-Betweens Help Tokio Post-Quake Marriages
After the September disaster, marriage priests in Tokyo pivot to aid widowed families. Go-between brokers pair couples using photos and brief details, promising new unions. Many women seek husbands for livelihood, including concubines hoping for stable support as four hundred weddings were planned at a rebuilt shrine in Hibiya Park.
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Wibiya Park
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Hibiya Park