A woman in eastern Japan with six handsome sons has been coping with the enormous challenge of spending 700,000 yen (US$4,600) a month to keep her family afloat.
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Recently, the Japanese variety show Mum’s Secret Garden produced by ABEMA featured the 34-year-old mother.
Her name is Monko and she is from Chiba prefecture just east of Tokyo, and she went viral thanks to her beautiful looks.
At just 16, she reportedly gave birth to her first son, Ryuki, and dropped out of school to care for him.
While her peers focused on university, Monko spent sleepless nights nursing and changing diapers.
After marrying Ryuki’s father and having two more sons, she divorced him due to differing values.
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As a single mum raising three kids, Monko then married Yosuke Mitsutsuka, a caring man, and they had three more sons.