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October 28, 2008

Ranks of working poor grow in Japan

  • The shift has been a shock to a country that once prided itself on being a bastion of economic equality.
    • By SHINO YUASA
    Associated Press Writer

    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.


     
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