Many companies are thinking to send back to Japan dependent family members of their Japanese managers.

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Every year, more and more are becoming totally dependent on other family members, on social benefits or health insurance payouts - or on charity.

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Inadequate practical support to help older people at home, with transport, or with care for dependent spouses and other family presents another barrier to treatment.

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Quinn Group chief executive Liam McCaffrey told the Irish Times on Friday that the family's ability to pay back the money it owes Anglo-Irish was dependent on a "very robust" Quinn Insurance group, either through "cash-flow or disposal".

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The life of single lamb or young llama can make a huge difference to a family already on the breadline, and as water gets scarcer, villagers will become ever more dependent on tourism for their income.

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Family life and gender roles have changed, women in particular being much less house-bound and dependent than they used to be.

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