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Japan's Working Poor: Low Pay Threatens Quality of Elder Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Hiratate Hideaki
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Hiratate Hideaki's essay on Japan's Working Poor highlights two issues that are likely to be with us for some time: how to provide social support for increased numbers of elderly, and how to cope with growing income inequality. A first step of course is to recognize that the problems exist and are connected, and this article is helpful in that regard. By “us” I refer both to people in Japan but also around the world where so many societies are aging at a fast pace, where disparities in income and wealth are growing, and where welfare and retirement systems are being cut back.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 9 , September 2007 , e18
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