Japanese Bubble Bursts -- Working Poor a Growing Class
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › November 03, 2008
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TOKYO - In one of the world's wealthiest nations, Junpei Murasawa is a poor man.
He skips meals to make ends meet. A bachelor, he lives in a tiny apartment in Tokyo, sharing a kitchen, toilet and shower with nine neighbors. He doesn't have health insurance because he can't afford the premiums.See the full content of this document
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Japanese Bubble Bursts -- Working Poor a Growing Class
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 ava...
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