August Meeting - Poverty in Japan

This month's meeting will focus on the increasing poverty in Japan. The issue has been reported for some time now, both through mass media and academic/research work. Bellow some links for newspapers and magazine articles covering it, the earliest going back to 2009. More sources can be easily found online, in English and even more in Japanese. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/15/us-japan-economy-poverty-idUSBREA4D0U820140515?ref=browsi

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-01/japan-high-child-poverty-rate-driven-by-single-parent-families/6272428

http://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00072/

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2009/05/19/editorials/rising-poverty-in-japan/#.Vb-XHvmqqko

Feel free to post other sources, articles, academic papers, videos, etc.

Hope to see you all there! Matta!