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2012: Greens Japan (Japanese Green party) is endorsing basic income from its start. [7] 2014: Basic Income in Japan, by Yannick Vanderborght and Toru Yamamori, is the first book in English entirely devoted to the possibility for basic income in Japan. [8] 2015: Tomoyuki Taira, former MP, gives a BI-lecture in Tokyo on March 10. [9]
In Japan, for example, most people are actually quite satisfied with housing costs. That's according to Gallup's annual World Poll , which surveyed more than 37,000 people across 38 OECD countries ...
However, a survey by PYMNTS revealed that 62% of Americans currently live paycheck to paycheck -- and nearly half of those earning more than $100,000 per year still say they live paycheck to paycheck.
Japan has historically been one of the world's most generous donors to refugee relief and resettlement programs overseas. [23] In 2014 it was the world's 2nd largest financial contributor to UNHCR programs. [24] Japanese diplomat Sadako Ogata served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1991 to 2000.
In Japan, relative poverty is defined as a state at which the income of a household is at or below half of the median household income. [1] According to OECD figures, the mean household net-adjusted disposable income for Japan is US$23,458, higher than the OECD member state average of US$22,387. [ 2 ]
Researchers said the analysis lays bare a ‘decades-long-failure’ to tackle the overweight and obesity epidemic Supersize US: Without ‘immediate action’ nearly 260 million Americans will be ...
Approximately 70% of these American military personnel are stationed in Okinawa Prefecture. [3] According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as of March 31, 2013, there were 105,677 American citizens residing in Japan under one of these statuses. Since 2014, neither the Japanese government nor the American military has published updated ...
Zach Honig One-way economy tickets from Tokyo to the U.S. have climbed above the $5,000 mark on some airlines, but booking roundtrip tickets and redeeming mileage awards can help make a huge dent ...