The ministry releases the relative poverty rate for children--the percentage of those under 18 living in households that earn less than half the median income--every three years. Japan’s rate is ...

The relative poverty rate ... According to the welfare ministry’s 2021 survey, Japan’s poverty rate stands at 15.4 percent, with the rate for children at 11.5 percent. Other data released ...

The Japanese government decided last week to offer some funding for groups that support women in poverty, including an allocation to buy and distribute sanitary products. At a local level ...

relative poverty among children in Japan, and the murder of two Japanese nationals by ISIS. Teppei studied at Waseda University and University of California Berkeley, and is fluent in Japanese and ...

The number of applications for public assistance in Japan reached 255,897 in 2024, according to preliminary figures. This ...