With regard to poor children in Japan, it has been estimated that 3.5 million Japanese children – or one in six of those aged up to 17 – belong to households experiencing relative poverty, defined by the OECD as those with incomes at or below half the median national disposable income.
關於日本的貧困兒童，據估計，有350萬日本兒童 - 或17歲以下兒童中的六分之一 - 屬於相對貧困的家庭，經合組織將其定義為收入等於或低於民可支配收入中位數一半的家庭 。