I’ve heard so too, then I followed news on Fukushima, and the clean up workers were treated worse than Chernobyl cleanup workers, complete with lack of dosimeters, food, and (guessing with a prior from above) replacement respirators—you need to replace this stuff a lot but unlike food you can just reuse and pretend all is fine. (And tsunami is no excuse)
What are you thinking of as different between 1997 and 2012?
The purchasing power of middle-low classes is a lot less than it used to be, whereas that of upper classes hasn’t changed much AFAICT.
Still a ton better than most other places i’ve been to, though.
I’ve never been there, but I’ve read that Japan has much lower disparity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burakumin
I’ve heard so too, then I followed news on Fukushima, and the clean up workers were treated worse than Chernobyl cleanup workers, complete with lack of dosimeters, food, and (guessing with a prior from above) replacement respirators—you need to replace this stuff a lot but unlike food you can just reuse and pretend all is fine. (And tsunami is no excuse)