A survey on the state of single women's lives in Japan has shown that many of them are struggling to live "wholesome and cultured" lives as guaranteed by the Constitution.

A recent survey showed that 44.1 percent of single Japanese women aged 65 and older are living in poverty, much higher than the rate for single elderly men.

Today, Japan has the highest share of single mothers in the labor force of any country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), at 85 percent.

Yet while Japan’s overall population is declining, the number of single-mother households in the country rose by about 50 percent to 712,000 between 1992 and 2016, according to the labor ministry.

Many older single women in Japan are struggling to make ends meet in their low-paid, nonregular jobs and are trapped in casual employment in a country with a persistently wide gender gap.

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The percentage of women who work in Japan is higher than ever, yet cultural norms have not caught up. More and more, women are rejecting the double standard.

The feminization of poverty is a growing issue in Japan, and job losses triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic are pushing more and more women over the edge. But the full extent of the problem ...

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A woman in Japan shared her experience of being followed by a stranger while living alone and offered safety advice to single women.