The mass media repeatedly reported that Japan's income inequality was widening partly because of an increase in irregular workers. Such reports seem to have been adopted as fact by most Japanese ...

Japan’s income inequality hit its second-worst level on record, according to a labor ministry survey conducted in 2021. The Gini coefficient--an index that measures income inequality on a ...

In fact, in a recent survey conducted in 2012, 92.3% of Japanese respondents classified themselves as such. There is a lack of awareness of income inequality and poverty in the society. In another ...

Addressing that divide has become a high priority for new prime minister Fumio Kishida, who promised to tackle income ... gauges inequality. The situation did improve for some in Japan.

Even in Japan, a country where most people regard themselves as middle-class the inequality gap is growing. A survey by Mizuho Research & Technologies shows that households with an annual income ...