But senior government researcher Aya Abe says Japan has the fourth-highest rate of poverty among developed countries.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Haskins cites the nation's rising jobless rate as proof that government can't fix everything.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

With the British soldier death rate escalating in Helmand province, the public is losing faith in the government and its justification for being in Afghanistan 7.5 years after first being deployed.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13