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Japan's Quiet Inequality
Japan sees itself as an equal society. The Gini says otherwise — inequality has been rising for 30 years, hidden behind cultural norms of modesty.
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Japan is one of the most equal major economies in the world — but its Gini coefficient has been quietly rising for three decades. The shift from lifetime employment to "irregular" contract work has created a new underclass of workers who earn far less with no benefits. In a crowd of 2,000, the income gap between the top 200 and the bottom 200 is far wider than the statistics suggest.