Japan - Japan's poverty rate hits record high of 16%

[makoto]

Japan's poverty rate hits record high of 16%

Japan's government says the nation's poverty rate stood at a record 16 percent in 2009......

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 08:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_15.html

Japan poverty rate hits record high in 2009

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's poverty rate in 2009 hit a record-high 16.0 percent, up 0.3 percentage point from 2006, as population shares increased for people aged 65 or older and nonregular employees with less income, the welfare ministry said Tuesday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/13/20110713p2g00m0dm012000c.html

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Japan's poverty rate hits record high of 16%

74 percent of fixed contract workers earn below 2 million yen annually: survey

Seventy-four percent of fixed-contract workers such as part-time and temporary employees earned less than 2 million yen a year, according to a recent survey, up 16.7 percentage points from the last survey in 2009, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Sept. 14......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/15/20110915p2a00m0na008000c.html

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Japan's poverty rate hits record high of 16%

related news

Japan's private-sector workers earn $53,000 a year

Japanese tax authorities say the country's private-sector workers earned 4.1 million yen, or about 53,000 dollars, on average last year.....

.....Employees of electricity and gas firms earned the most, with an average of 90,000 dollars. Workers of financial and insurance firms followed with 76,000 dollars, and those in the IT sector earned 73,000 dollars.....

Friday, September 16, 2011 18:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_33.html

Japan Private-Sector Pay Increases in 2010

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--The average annual pay of private-sector workers in Japan increased for the first time in three years in 2010, the National Tax Agency said Friday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011091600893

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Japan's poverty rate hits record high of 16%

related news

Most temporary workers receive 2 mil. yen or less

A government survey shows that 3 of every 4 temporary workers in Japan earn 2 million yen or less annually. That's about 26,000 dollars or less......

Saturday, September 24, 2011 13:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_15.html

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Japan's poverty rate hits record high of 16%

related news

Welfare recipients nearly match 1951 record

More than 2 million people received welfare benefits in June, up 10,000 from May, a welfare ministry survey shows.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110130282.html

June Welfare Recipients in Japan Near Record High of 2.04 M.

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--The number of people who received welfare benefits in Japan in June stood at 2,041,592, almost on par with the average monthly record high of 2,046,646 marked in fiscal 1951, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Wednesday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101200431

Japan Mid-Ranked in OECD Global Happiness List

Paris, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan ranks an average of 19th for people's happiness among 34 advanced nations, a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed Wednesday.....

......Japan was among the middle-ranking nations in all seven indicators for material living conditions, including disposable income per capita and the long-term jobless rate......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101200636