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Daily Food Spending below 500 Yen among Needy People in Japan

Tokyo, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--Needy households in Japan live on an average food expenditure of less than 500 yen per person a day amid lingering inflation, according to a survey by Save the Children…

  • Needy Japanese households spend less than 500 yen daily on food
  • 94.5% of respondents were single parents in the survey
  • 85.5% couldn't afford groceries for their families in the past year

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