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  【PovertyisnotfirstthingthatcomestomindwhenyouthinkofJapan.Afteralltherearenochildrenbeggingonthestreetsinmajorcitieshere.YoudonotoftenseeJapanesecitizenspubliclylettingouttheircomplaintsove】

  PovertyisnotfirstthingthatcomestomindwhenyouthinkofJapan.Afterallthereareno

  childrenbeggingonthestreetsinmajorcitieshere.YoudonotoftenseeJapanesecitizenspubliclylettingouttheircomplaintsoverthecountry’seconomicdecline.ButseniorgovernmentresearcherAyaAbesaysJapanhasthefourthhighestrateofchildpovertyamongdevelopedcountries.

  Shesayssheseesthatpovertyinschoolswherestudentsadmittoonlybathingoncea

  week.Somecannotaffordtobuypencilsforclass.

  “Theymaynotbeonthestreetsbeggingortheymaynotbeturningintocriminalsbutit’s

  there.It’sjustthatwehavetoopenoureyesandsee”Abesaid.

  Abeowestheincreaseinchildpovertytothecountry’schangingdemographics(人口统计)

  strugglingeconomyandhighsocialsecuritypremiums(保险费).Shesaysfewerpeopleliveinthree-generationhouseholdswheretheparentsandgrandparentswork.Thenumberofsinglemothershasincreased.Thesalaryforyoungfathershasdeclinedwiththeeconomicdownturn.Socialsecuritypremiumshaveincreasedinthelast20yearsputtingfamiliesontheedgeofpoverty.

  AbesaysstudiesconductedbytheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment

  (OECD)pointtorisingpovertyinJapanbeforetheglobaleconomiccrisesin2008.ButtheJapanesegovernmentandthepublicrefusedtoacknowledgeituntilthenpartlybecauseoftheshameassociatedwithpoverty.

  “ItwasveryunpopularforJapanesemediatosayanythingaboutJapanesepoverty”said

  Abe.“EventhoughOECDJapanannounceditinJapaneseJapanesemediadidn’tmakeitintothearticles.”

  AbesaysnewPrimeMinisterYukioHatoyamahastakenoneimportantsteptohelpalleviate

  (缓解)theproblem.NextyearhisDemocraticPartyofJapanplanstodoublemonthlychildcareallowancesgiventofamilies.

  ButAbewantsthegovernmenttoexpanditsfinancialhelpevenmore.Shewantsittosimplify

  theprocesstoapplyforpublicassistanceandprovideeducationalgrantsforstudentsstrugglingtopayfortuitionathighschoolsandcolleges.Thecountrynowonlyoffersloans.

  Abealsosaysthegovernmentmustactquicklybecau

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