tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post1306882274808035444..comments2023-05-18T03:08:41.920-07:00Comments on 1000 Things About Japan: Will Miss #542 - relative income equalityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-72408022153841731722014-06-07T06:25:28.414-07:002014-06-07T06:25:28.414-07:00My wife, who is a regular viewer of NHK, has told ...My wife, who is a regular viewer of NHK, has told me that homelessness/extreme poverty have gotten worse in Japan in recent years. I saw more of 'them' on our last trip there in 2009 than when we were there in the late 1990's. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492461563889268879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-39386583254666373412014-06-05T17:02:18.323-07:002014-06-05T17:02:18.323-07:00It's true, as you write, that income equality...It's true, as you write, that income equality appears generally better than the US, Japan has a problem that is getting bigger and will likely continue to do so with some new policies by the gov't. Abe intends to expand the number of part-time temp staff companies can employ up to around 40-50 percent as I recall. (Up form 30%. I am going by memory on those figures.) Then we have the Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16435915677126518313noreply@blogger.com