Economic marginalization in Japan - data and links

Articles and organizations related to Economic marginalization in Japan

Resources:

1. Japan’s Anti-Poverty Policies in Need of Change after 50 Years of Stagnation
http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/articles/2009/japan2019s-anti-poverty-policies-in-need-of-change-after-50-years-of-stagnation
2. Japan's Working Poor http://issuu.com/zichi/docs/japan-working-poor
3. Interngeneration transmission of poverty http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2008/JLR20_sato_yoshida.pdf
4. Employment promotion for single mothers japan http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_zhou.pdf
5. Study on employment support for single mothers japan http://www.jil.go.jp/english/reports/documents/jilpt-research/no.101.pdf
6. Income distribution of Japan: historical view http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2008/JLR20_minami.pdf
7. Age, Change and Poverty: Coping with Social Transformation http://globalasia.org/articles/issue9/iss9_8.html
8. Women 2000, Japan NGO Alternative Report http://www.jca.apc.org/fem/bpfa/NGOreport/A_en_Poverty.html
9. The History of the Urban Lower Class and Homelessness in Japan http://www.jca.apc.org/~nasubi/archives/2003asf.html
10. INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN JAPAN http://www.pucsp.br/geap/textodocalendario/tachibanaki.pdf%20
11. Is Minimum Wage an Effective Anti-Poverty Policy in Japan? http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/dp/09e032.pdf
12. The Rise of Poverty in Japan: The Emergence of the Working Poor
www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2008/JLR20_sekine.pdf 
13. Trends in Poverty among Low-income Workers in Japan since the Nineties http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2008/JLR20_tachibanaki_urakawa.pdf%20
14. The Working Poor, Borderline Poor, and Developments in Public Assistance Reform http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2008/JLR20_komamura.pdf
15. Some short newspaper articles:
Poverty of single-mother households highlighted
http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/poverty-of-single-mother-households-highlighted%20
Single-mother households badly hit by slump
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1373699949
NPO told to stop feeding homeless
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090110a2.html
Net cafes becoming delivery rooms for poor pregnant girls
http://www.japantoday.com/category/kuchikomi/view/net-cafes-becoming-delivery-room-for-poor-pregnant-girls

Learn more about social issues in Japan and how local nonprofits are tackling them: http://sarajeanworkshophub.wordpress.com/ngo-212/

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 Nonprofits and community groups

1. Second Harvest Japan http://www.2hj.org/
2. Anti-poverty campaign 反貧困ネット
http://www.k5.dion.ne.jp/~hinky/index.html
3. Independent Life Support Center〈MOYAI〉自立生活サポートセンター・もやい
 http://www.k5.dion.ne.jp/~hinky/090904article.yuasa.html
自立生活サポートセンター・もやい (J) http://www.moyai.net/
4. Women and poverty network女性と貧困ネットワーク
 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/binbowwomen/
5. Action center for working women  働く女性の全国センター
http://acw2.org/join?lang=en
6. Sanyukai 山友会 http://www2.gol.com/users/sanyukai/
7. Soup no Kai スープの会 http://www1.odn.ne.jp/soup1994/soup/supuno_hui_biao_zhi.html