The relative child poverty rate topped the national average of 16.1 percent (covering adults as well) for the first time since the government started taking relevant surveys in 1985.

So imagine the surprise of Japan’s late-night shoppers upon discovering Prada’s website advertising its entire range for 99 percent off. Unfortunately, this wasn’t a result of an incredible ...

Over the past fifteen years, inequality has fallen consistently, and since 1996 Mexico’s Gini coefficient has dropped by nearly one percent each year (reaching pre-1980s crisis levels – 49.8 ...

Nearly one in every six Japanese lives in poverty, one of the highest rates among developed countries, according to the latest survey by Japan's welfare ministry. About Careers MedBlog Contact us ...

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, ...

Japan accepted only 27 refugees last year and rejected almost all applications, officials said Saturday, as rights groups urged the government to allow more people in. Of the thousands seeking refugee ...

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 ...

One pioneer, the Shop 99 chain, which sells all its goods for 99 yen, has predicted its profits will rise 50 percent in 2005. But it is facing increasingly stiff competition as Japan's thrifty ...

The poverty rate in the 2021 survey was 11.5 percent, down 2.5 percentage points from the 2018 survey. Japan’s rate is also now below the OECD average of 12.8 percent.

More than 660,000 older Americans in California are living below the poverty line, according to an analysis by the health research site KFF, the highest number in the country.

Every citizen in Japan is guaranteed the right to an education. ... NHK investigated the cause behind this educational poverty and the hardships it causes. ... and 40 percent responded.

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, ...