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Geisha struggle to survive in coronavirus shadow
Video Credit: Reuters Studio
Published on July 16, 2020 - Duration: 01:19s
Geisha struggle to survive in coronavirus shadow
Ikuko, the "big sister" of Tokyo's Akasaka geisha district, came to the capital to seek her fortune in 1964, the year Tokyo first hosted the Olympics.
But the novel coronavirus pandemic has made her fear for her centuries-old profession as never before.