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POVERTY

Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 7, 2018
Iran stages pro-government rallies, derides Trump's 'blunder' at U.N.
Thousands of government supporters staged rallies in Iran for a fourth day on Saturday in a backlash against widespread anti-government protests that the clerical establishment has blamed on the country's enemies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2018
Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani has more to lose than the clerics in nationwide protests
Iranian authorities are concerned that nationwide unrest will undermine the clerical establishment and want to stamp out the protests quickly, senior government officials say. But the person with the most to lose is President Hassan Rouhani.
WORLD
Dec 30, 2017
Price protests turn political in Iran as rallies spread
Demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans in several cities across Iran on Friday, Iranian news agencies and social media reports said, as price protests turned into the largest wave of demonstrations since nationwide pro-reform unrest in 2009.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 24, 2017
Homeless in Tokyo: Fallen through society's cracks and frozen out
A night on homeless patrol in Tokyo highlights the range of factors that can lead to a life on the streets.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Dec 16, 2017
Dire U.S. poverty to worsen under Trump, threatening democracy, top U.N. official says
Poverty and inequality rates in the United States are already alarming and are poised to worsen under President Donald Trump, threatening the nation's democracy, a top United Nations official said on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Dec 11, 2017
A chance encounter led Hiroki Watanabe to Dhaka, where he is tackling child poverty through education
It was a sight that presented such a stark contrast to his own fortune; a young boy standing at the entrance to a slum in Phuket, Thailand, as Hiroki Watanabe passed by in a luxury bus on his way to a yacht race.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2017
E-sports to chocolates: Chinese cities rush into risky specialization projects
The first plan was for an "eco-city" that would help pull Zhongxian, a remote city on the hilly banks of the Yangtze River in southwest China, out of poverty.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 26, 2017
Experts call prickly pear cactus a 'miracle' crop for dry regions
Experts say the prickly pear cactus — which decorates homes around the world — could help alleviate hunger in arid regions due to its multiple uses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2017
Zimbabwe's ruling party ousts Robert Mugabe
The leaders of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party met Sunday and agreed to dismiss President Robert Mugabe, the only leader the southern African nation has known since independence 37 years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2017
Japan’s welfare ministry argues for shift in spending to younger generations from retirees
White paper says current system offers better benefits for the elderly as more young people struggle with low incomes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2017
Trump's tax plans provoke friction with IMF after study advocates social cohesion and less inequality
The International Monetary Fund spent decades telling the world's governments how to run their economies on an American-inspired blueprint that became known as the Washington Consensus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 13, 2017
Disasters make 14 million people homeless each year, U.N. says
About 14 million people are being made homeless on average each year as a result of sudden disasters such as floods and storms, new figures show.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 28, 2017
London's homeless estimated at 12,000, with many 'sofa surfing' or resorting to 'survival sex' with strangers
For each person sleeping rough on London's streets, there are 13 more "hidden homeless" who sofa surf, sleep on buses, squat or have sex with strangers each night, a report said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 19, 2017
U.N. making slow progress on sweeping goals to end global poverty amid rise of nationalism
Ambitious global goals aimed at ending poverty and inequality by 2030 are moving more slowly than expected and would struggle to get approval from United Nations members if put to a vote today, an exclusive survey showed on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2017
Modi's $87 billion river-linking gamble set to take off as floods hit India
After years of foot-dragging, India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion project to connect some of the country's biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on the ambitious project to end deadly floods and droughts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2017
China's rural early-childhood development centers may help reduce numbers of school dropouts
Every day after lunch, Qu Yexiu used to potter around her house in northwest China doing housework and looking after her 2-year-old grandson.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 10, 2017
China's ethnic Yi struggle against poverty
For Jisi Lazuo, the torch festival in her village in southwest China should be a celebration involving colorful ethnic clothes and eating freshly slaughtered pig.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 29, 2017
Labor reforms come up short for Japan's 'precariat'
The costs of not improving the lot of nonregular workers are enormous in terms of thwarted careers, social status, poverty — and even isolation, as they have a much lower marriage rate.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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