> The report looked at the gap between the income of the poorest Japanese families with children and the average household income. This is the relative definit

> The report looked at the gap between the income of the poorest Japanese families with children and the average household income. This is the relative definition of "poverty". Throws me every time until I remember that in western political talk, "poverty" almost always means "relative poverty", which "is a measure of income inequality." (Wikipedia) Maybe we're looking at the rich country problem of the average household being overpaid. Sad they can't overpay every Japanese, but not exactly catastrophic either.