poverty

The sad reason this Osaka supermarket couldn’t sell out of two-yen masks

Hard lives are only getting harder.

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Japanese Emperor donates 100 million yen of his private spending money to charities

The emperor hopes to support efforts to eliminate child poverty and organizations that aid those affected by disasters.

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Not everyone hates school uniforms: Japanese Twitter shows us why

Some people may want to abolish school uniforms, but others are strongly in favor of them.

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Survey finds roughly one in four all-night Internet cafe customers in Tokyo is homeless

Not having enough money to pay rent each month isn’t their biggest problem is securing permanent housing, though.

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