In 2021, the poverty rate in Japan was **** percent. The rate had been on a downward trend since it peaked in 2012 at **** percent. The poverty rate refers to the ratio of the number of people whose income is less than half the median household income of the total population.
In 2018, the child poverty rate in Japan was **** percent. The child poverty rate was at its lowest in 1994 with **** percent. Figures peaked in 2012, with **** percent, but more recent numbers indicate a downward trend of child poverty in Japan.
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In 2021, the poverty rate in Japan was **** percent. The rate had been on a downward trend since it peaked in 2012 at **** percent. The poverty rate refers to the ratio of the number of people whose income is less than half the median household income of the total population.