> unemployment has been essentially eradicated in Japan
Much of that is the surprising amount of minor busywork the country uses instead of welfare support e.g. multiple people doing circulation around a minor bit of roadwork when other countries would use traffic signs or temporary traffic lights. This is mostly unreliable contract and part-time work.
Japan has fairly high rates of relative and working poverty, with north of 15% living under the poverty line.
Much of that is the surprising amount of minor busywork the country uses instead of welfare support e.g. multiple people doing circulation around a minor bit of roadwork when other countries would use traffic signs or temporary traffic lights. This is mostly unreliable contract and part-time work.
Japan has fairly high rates of relative and working poverty, with north of 15% living under the poverty line.