On July 20, 2006, OECD relative poverty rate of Japan is following the United States in the OECD countries, I announced that bad in the second. In response to this, each media is overjoyed. Has been engaged in a coverage is entwined with the disparity Yara bipolarization.
Articles of Yomiuri Shimbun, had remained still link.
Non-regular employees increased background ... Japan of poor households rate worst 2
http://job.yomiuri.co.jp/news/jo_ne_06072111.cfm
If you look at only this, "Oh, Japan is poor became do it ..." I think you think anyone.
Really, Japan really is often poor, what wretched country?
First of all, before we talk about poverty yada, we will explain this "relative poverty rate".
The relative poverty rate I lists the "national percentage of annual income is less than half the median of all the people of annual income."
For example, if the 5 million yen median of national annual income, the half, the national rate of less than the annual income to 2.5 million yen will be the relative poverty rate.
It is, new graduates of the annual income is low, in the case of a year by year trend is strong Japanese is going up annual income with each passing year (in other words most of the Japanese), will come out a large difference in the income of the young and the elderly that . Well, the relative poverty rate would be granted higher than the other countries, one point is that.
Although it is not a boast, because my starting salary was 200,000 yen position in the month, in terms of the relative poverty rate, was certainly poor (laughs). Since the college (of course) more annual income was less, it is not a relative poverty far from. So as to say conscious that she is poor was none.
Then, relatively poor people in Japan, or really level of which can be said to be poor, even if in the world? Point called.
Below, of the 2002 survey, the average annual income of the lower 10% of the poor of the country's population, is also the sum of the annual income of the lower 10% of the poor population.
http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/takaaki.mitsuhashi/data_03.html#Jinkou
Annual average income of the lower 10% of the poor of Japan's population, at $ 12,894, next to Luxembourg and Norway, three of imposing.
With the exception of the few countries of the city-state and population, in terms of population 50 million or more countries, the poor in Japan you can see that is an overwhelming high-income. The population of 50 million or more people of the country, only the other in Germany and France have somehow entered the best 15.
To say that $ 12,894, Japan lived from high prices probably poor, and shalt not say the reason of such.
Through the deflation and price destruction, as had seen a Big Mac Index, Japan domestic prices compared to other countries, the reality is has become cheaper. "Japan is high prices" and the like, it is not only longer muttering. $ 12,894 in at least Japan, than $ 12,894 in Europe suffering from high prices, is worth much.
In addition, the best 15 of the poor average income, but is not also do not know of in China and South Korea developing countries does not contain, to the United States and the United Kingdom's also is not on, you should pay attention. By the way, the United States figures $ 6,730, the UK was $ 5,504.
Japan is a prima facie population superpower, because the average annual income of the lower 10% of the poor population is the best 3, it will be huge when you total the annual income. Indeed does not come true in the population is more than double the United States, but still the total amount is about 16% only I there is no difference.
In other words, the income of the poor of Japan (people that would be positioned), the world-seen overwhelmingly high also, the life level of other countries (true) the poor is not be compared.
In this way, a relatively high income and living standards of the poor (those who are positioned as) Japan, and probably not funny it is the relative poverty rate by looking at the "only" make noise "It's poverty! 'S poverty!" UGA?
What is also me, Toka there is no poverty problem in Japan, disparities Toka not a problem, there is no going to tell the extremes. As described above, to provide a multi-faceted perspective to people, I want to or not your job of the original media, and say.
You can copy round the OECD release, if only rewrite the convenience of the unspeakable in yourself, you can be anyone. Without litho newspaper bother, Do not you say in the blog? I, the media's.
