I’ve written about how Japanese salaries haven’t increased in 30 years and taxes are rising at alarming rates every year. These factors are causing many Japanese people to become impoverished, a social problem.
At the school where I work, we’re seeing a growing number of students giving up on going to university due to poverty.
The number of small and medium-sized businesses going bankrupt due to the COVID-19 pandemic has increased dramatically. This is a serious problem, as most companies in Japan are small and medium-sized.
There is almost no compensation from the government.
The damage from the Noto earthquake in 2024 has still not fully recovered.
By the way, changing the subject a little, Japan is a country prone to disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons.
It is also known as a country prone to earthquakes.
I once read an article comparing evacuation shelters around the world.
I was very surprised when I saw photos of evacuation shelters overseas.
In some countries, the governments provide evacuation shelters with facilities such as hotels and individual tents that properly protect privacy.
However, in Japan, residents simply sleep together in school gymnasiums, with cardboard boxes separating each household.
Of course, no privacy is protected at all.
Can you believe it?
We Japanese pay the highest taxes in the world, yet we are treated like this.
Apparently, the exact same response occurred during the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2021.
At that time, the tsunami caused severe damage, killing many people and causing them to lose their homes.
More and more people were unable to afford food, and some were starving to death.
The government did not provide free support to those who lost everything in the earthquake, including their money.
In fact, the government implemented a policy to lend money to victims.
Even though Japanese people pay the highest taxes in the world, they are treated like this in times of emergency.
