Japan Poverty

Co-founder of Microsoft and the world's second-richest person Bill Gates, has devoted much of his time in recent years to his family foundation, which aims to help reach the SDG objectives, including ending extreme poverty and combating climate change by 2030.

The country suffered a "lost decade," and then another one, after its bubble burst some 25 years ago. To this day, despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to reinvigorate it, Japan's economy remains in the doldrums.

Japan's child poverty rate has hit a record high, according to a government survey, prompting criticism that Tokyo wasn't doing enough to fix the problem.

Co-founder of Microsoft and the world's second-richest person Bill Gates, has devoted much of his time in recent years to his family foundation, which aims to help reach the SDG objectives, including ending extreme poverty and combating climate change by 2030.

The country suffered a "lost decade," and then another one, after its bubble burst some 25 years ago. To this day, despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to reinvigorate it, Japan's economy remains in the doldrums.

Japan's child poverty rate has hit a record high, according to a government survey, prompting criticism that Tokyo wasn't doing enough to fix the problem.