It is reported overseas that 'Japan has few violence and drug cases, low number of homicides and high employment rate but still high poverty rate'
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In the United States, there is a way of thinking that the cause of poverty is attributed to individuals, with a focus on conservatives. Japan has been cited as an example of the case that 'there is a country that works hard, has few drug abuses and crimes, has few single mothers, but has many poor people,' as an argument against this idea.
US Economy: Personal Bad Behavior Isn't What Causes Poverty-Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-07-30/us-economy-personal-bad-behavior-isn-t-what-causes-poverty
This is pointed out by Noah Smith, an opinion columnist at Bloomberg, an associate professor of economics at Stony Brook, New York State University.
According to Smith, some American conservatives think that poor people are in a desperate situation because they are addicted to drugs and alcohol or rely on welfare It is said that It is the situation in Japan that Mr. Smith used as an example not to say that there is a problem with individuals against such a view.
Japan has a smaller number of violent cases compared to the United States, and in particular, the “incidence of murder case against 100,000 people” is characterized by an overwhelmingly low 0.3 compared with 5.3 in the United States. Even the incidence of crime is at a low level.
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As for drugs, although there is a criticism that the treatment of addiction is not performed satisfactorily, there are not as many as 13,000 cases of drug cases per year.
In addition, the number of mother-infant households and father-child households is also approximately 1.4 million in the survey in 2016, and the ratio to all households is approximately 3%, which is considerably smaller than in the United States.
And as for the employment rate of working age, Japan is 77% compared to 71% in the US, so it can be said that many people are working.
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From these results, it is reasonable to think that 'there are few poor people in Japan'. However, in reality, the “poverty rate”, which indicates a population less than half the median national income, is 15.7%, which is lower than 17.8% in the United States, but Canada (12.4%), Australia (12.1%), Britain (11.1%) %), Germany (10.4%), Sweden (9.3%), France (8.3%), and there are many poor people in developed countries.
From such a situation in Japan where poverty is high despite the situation being as conservative as or better than other developed countries in the world, Mr Smith said It implies that there is a
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