There are people who suffer from poverty in every country. What do you think the reasons for poverty are in your country and what do you think can be done to help these impoverished people?

Many people are suffering from

poverty

all over the world.

Although

my country, Japan, is one of the world’s most developed and wealthiest countries, there are still many people who suffer from relative

poverty

.

This

is mainly because of academic background-oriented society and the increasing number of single-parent families.

However

, there are some solutions to prevent it.

Government

should focus on improving educational inequality and welfare system for single-parent families. In Japan, many people fall into

poverty

because they only have a low level of

education

. Without sufficient

education

, it is difficult to get a stable job, so they end up doing unstable jobs with low pay. High quality

education

,

such

as universities, in Japan is necessary to get a stable job,

however

, it is often extremely expensive and there are not many scholarships available.

Thus

, people who do not get into university tend to suffer from

poverty

. Another reason for

poverty

is an increase in single parents. The number of single-parent families are increasing in Japan, but they do not get enough financial assistance.

In addition

, it is difficult for single parents to get a full-time job, because they cannot work overtime. Most of them work harder, but they cannot make much money and receive only a small amount of financial support from the

government

.

Therefore

, single-mother families have to live in

poverty

. Owing to avoid

such

situations,

government

needs to work on correcting

education

gaps and providing more social support for single-parent families. People would go to college and earn more if the

government

or private sector set up more scholarship. The

government

also

should set some law so that the company hire more single mother.

In addition

, the

government

raises a child benefit payment. Those solutions would hopefully help poor getting out of

poverty

. In conclusion, concerning

poverty

in Japan, we need to provide various forms of social support to help people their own way out of their unfavourable state.