[Survey Report] Full-Time but Struggling: The Reality of Our Society Revealed by a Single Father's Voice

Certified NPO Good Neighbors Japan conducted a survey among low-income single-parent households using their food bank, 'Good Gohan'. The results reveal that approximately 90% feel their lives are difficult due to rising prices, with many parents reducing their own meals. An interview with 'Makoto', a single father in his 50s working full-time as a care worker, highlighted his struggles to feed his family on a 190,000 yen monthly take-home pay, sometimes sharing a single cabbage. The NPO stresses that this is a structural social issue, not merely a personal one, calling for broader societal support.