Paper 3 – Sustainable Developmental Goal – Poverty in Japan
Vincent Signorile
Monmouth University
April 3, 2018
PS-281 01
Professor Sarsar
Goal 1: End Poverty in all forms everywhere – Poverty in Japan Poverty has become a big issue in Japan over the years. The poverty that is occurring in Japan is quiet and not well known throughout the world. One of the many terrible aspects of this situation is that child poverty in Japan is rising. “An estimated 3.5 million Japanese children – or one in six of those aged up to 17 – are from households classed as experiencing relative poverty, defined by the OECD as those with incomes at or below half the median national disposable income” (McCurry, 2017, P. 1). The fact that 3.5 million
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1). This is not acceptable, because by not facing realities, it made the poverty issue in Japan worse, therefore increasing every year. The problem escalated because the higher ups in Japans refused to do their jobs and do something about the poverty issue before the situation got worse. Another resident of Japan said that “when her daughter needed $700 to buy school uniforms on entering high school last year, a common requirement here, she saved for it by cutting back to two meals a day” (Fackler, 2010, P. 1). The fact that a mother had to save up money by not eating certain meals each day shows just how bad poverty has become in Japan. Japan has not done nearly enough internally to help stop poverty in its …show more content…
“Japan, was once the world’s top donor of economic aid, should reassess not only its policy on overseas aid but also its own economic behavior in light of the global efforts toward sustainable development (TheJapanTimes, 2015, P. 1). The overseas policy needs to be addressed because of their poverty issues internally. “According to the report, global efforts made under the U.N. goals by 2015 ‘saved the lives of millions and improved conditions for many more’ (TheJapanTimes, 2015, P. 1). It was crucial that the U.N. stepped in to help save so many lives and improve the conditions to help end