Still , Japan has higher standard of living to compare with China and India
Germany : 959
USA : 938
Japan : 925
France: 920
Turkiye : 853
Russia : 832
China : 797
Brazil : 786
Indonesia : 728
India : 685
Souce :
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/hdi-by-country
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also , Poverty headcount ratio ( $8,30 a day )
India : 82.1%
Indonesia : 68.3%
Brazil : 23,4%
China : 21,5%
Turkiye : 10,8%
Japan : 3,2%
USA : 2%
The UK : 1%
Russia : 0,9%
Germany : 0.5%
en.wikipedia.org
Japan began its period of rapid economic growth in the 1950s, with help from the US. It would be surprising if Japan hadn't developed well.
Meanwhile, China faced repeated restrictions and containment by the US and other Western countries. Even Japan joined in.
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However, Japan's current situation may be quite different from what many people imagine.
The following information all comes from Japanese sources.
▼▼▼ Videos showing
food aid distributions in different parts of Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Yokohama)
物価高が止まらない東京で炊き出しに長蛇の列――「米も買えず、来年が見えない」
【Tokyo】Tokyo's food aid lines grow longer as prices continue to soar: "I can't even afford rice, and I can't see a future."
西成 炊き出し 第210回
【Osaka】The 210th Nishinari Soup Kitchen
20～30代の若年層も…福岡の「炊き出し」現場 ホームレス減少も…物価高で生活に困窮する人が増加
【Fukuoka】Even people in their 20s and 30s... Food aid in Fukuoka. Although the homeless population is declining, more people are struggling to make ends meet due to rising prices.
炊き出しに長蛇の列･･･円安、物価高で苦しむ人々【お家の支援センター札幌】
【Sapporo】Long lines for food aid... People struggling with the weak yen and rising prices [Sapporo Home Support Center]
横濱炊き出しの会、イブに困窮者へ食事振る舞う／神奈川新聞
【Yokohama】Yokohama Food Aid Group serves meals to people in need on Christmas Eve / Kanagawa Shimbun
▼▼▼ In low-income single-parent households in Japan, 1 in 3 children eats no more than 2 meals a day,
and some children eat only 1 meal a day during summer vacation.
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“子どもの貧困”夏休み1日1食の子どもたち
"Child poverty": Children who eat only 1 meal a day during summer vacation
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子どもの3人に1人「1日2食以下」 低所得のひとり親家庭 給食のない夏休み
1 in 3 children in low-income single-parent households eats no more than 2 meals a day during the summer vacation, when school lunches are unavailable.
“子どもの貧困”平均世帯年収207万円 約半数が貯蓄ゼロ…「食事を3回とれなくなった」「消えてしまいたい」リアルな子どもの声「高校進学で母親の負担が増えてしまう」
“Child Poverty”: Average annual household income of just ¥2.07 million, with about half having no savings... “We can no longer afford to eat 3 meals a day” and “I wish I could disappear”: The real voices of children in poverty. “My mother’s financial burden will increase when I enter high school.”
▼▼▼ A comparison made by a Japanese person of
elementary school lunches in mainland China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan
▼▼▼A comparison of Chinese and Japanese
elementary school lunches made by a Japanese person
ご飯もスープも手つかずだから 食べ終わった後じゃなくて これから食べるところなんだよね？ なんでおかずをこれしか盛り付けてあげないの？？？ 意味が分からない 右の動画（中国の給食）とあまりにも違う 日本ってここまで貧乏な国だったっけ？？？
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ご飯もスープも手つかずだから
食べ終わった後じゃなくて
これから食べるところなんだよね？
Since neither the rice nor the soup has been touched,
this isn’t after they finished eating,
it’s right before they eat, isn’t it?
なんでおかずをこれしか盛り付けてあげないの？？？
意味が分からない
Why did they only serve this little side dish???
I don’t get it.
右の動画（中国の給食）とあまりにも違う
日本ってここまで貧乏な国だったっけ？？？
It’s so different from the
video on the right (Chinese school lunch).
Has Japan always been this poor of a country???
▼▼▼ A comparison made by a Japanese person showing that
average heights in both Mainland China and South Korea now exceed those in Japan for both men and women
平均身長の伸び、こんな差あるんだね。 興味深い。 日本人の身長、なぜ中国・韓国に抜かれたのか 栄養だけじゃない要因：日本経済新聞 https://t.co/Kz6M46HVf5
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平均身長の伸び、こんな差あるんだね。
興味深い。
I see there’s quite a difference in how much average height has increased.
Interesting.
日本人の身長、なぜ中国・韓国に抜かれたのか 栄養だけじゃない要因：
日本経済新聞
Why Japanese people’s height has been overtaken by China and South Korea: it’s not just nutrition:
The Nikkei News
