Three years later, Takeuchi, a single mother and one of Japan's growing ranks of "working poor" who struggle to get by on annual income of $20,000 or less, takes a darker view.

Child poverty in working, single-parent households like Saito’s is by far the worst at over 50 percent, making Japan the only country where having a job does not reduce the poverty rate for that ...

More than 90 per cent of low-income households in Japan are struggling to afford food for their children due to surging ...

Child poverty in working, single-parent households like Saito's is by far the worst at over 50 percent, making Japan the only country where having a job does not reduce the poverty rate for that ...

Child poverty in working, single-parent households like Saito’s is by far the worst at over 50 percent, making Japan the only country where having a job does not reduce the poverty rate for that ...

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 ...

The social gulf between rich and poor in Japan is widening. Two decades of economic stagnation and pro-market restructuring have severely undermined the previous system of life-long employment ...

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 soared 40 percent from 2002 to 2006, the latest data ...

The growth of the working poor — not seen in such numbers since Japan surged to wealth in the 1980s — has been a shock to a country that once prided itself on being a bastion of economic ...

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 ...