Japan's relative poverty rate as of 2007 stood at 15.7 percent, the Health, ... The 2007 relative poverty rate, up from 14.9 percent in the 2004 OECD survey, ...

The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan Australian filmmaker Rionne McAvoy's documentary film explores Japan's ...

Child poverty fell to 13.9 percent from 16.3 percent between 2012 and 2015, ... Stringent privacy laws and a culture of keeping up appearances make it hard to spot much of the poverty in Japan.

The poverty rate of similar working single-parent families in the U.S., by comparison, is 33.5 percent. “Japan is a warning—if you’re going to force single mothers to work, ...

The Face of Poverty Ages In Rapidly Graying Japan. Welfare Cuts Hit 'Elderly Orphans' Hard. July 27, 2006. By ...

It is only over the past decade that poverty has come to be recognized in Japan.

The stereotype of Japan as a low-poverty country isn’t accurate. It’s true that Japan had relatively few poor people — and was a very equal society — as recently as the early 1980s.

According to the group, nearly 23 percent of American workers labor in low-paying jobs, compared with roughly 17 percent in Britain, 11 percent in Japan and 5 percent in Italy. Poverty wages have ...