[lbo-talk] Japan's "working poor" at risk as recession hits

[uvj at vsnl.com]

Japan's "working poor" at risk as recession hits
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49T03A20081030?sp=true

Wed Oct 29, 2008

By Linda Sieg

TOKYO (Reuters) - When Miwa Takeuchi found out her part-time clerical job
had been outsourced to a Japanese temp staffing agency and she'd have to
work longer hours for lower pay, she was relieved. At least she was still
employed.

Three years later, Takeuchi, a single mother and one of Japan's growing
ranks of "working poor" who struggle to get by on annual income of $20,000
or less, takes a darker view.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49T03A20081030?sp=true