The country recently pulled out of the UN’s gender equality committee over its refusal to change the male-only royal ...

Child poverty in working, single-parent households like Saito's is by far the worst at over 50 percent, making Japan the only country where having a job does not reduce the poverty rate for that ...

A book of short stories about women that was a bestseller in Japan is being released in the United States in English translation. “The Dilemmas of Working Women” by Fumio Yamamoto highlights ...

Hard-working lorry driver says he loves coming home after a long day, insists ‘happiest thing’ is the family being together.

Japan’s overall child poverty rate is above the OECD average, and nearly half of the 1.4 million single-parent households live below the poverty line despite around 85 percent of such parents ...

Australian director Rionne McAvoy tackles issue that can make uncomfortable viewing in The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan.

The 29-year-old laborer is one of a burgeoning class in Japan -- the working poor. The number of Japanese earning less than $19,610 a year surged 40 percent from 2002 to 2006, the latest data ...

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