Economic Status
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5.48<br />
4.21<br />
2.08<br />
1.90<br />
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10,000<br />
765.5<br />
684.3<br />
562.4<br />
547.5<br />
421.4<br />
298.9<br />
174.8<br />
254.7<br />
207.4<br />
183.1 189.5<br />
208.4<br />
2009
The rate of receiving public assistance was<br />
2.3% for 65 and over age group compared with 1.2% total. A substantial proportion<br />
of people who subsist mainly on the basic retirement pension-older<br />
couples and especially single older women-get by on incomes that are marginal<br />
at best.<br />
2008<br />
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65<br />
64<br />
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1,000<br />
1.0%<br />
4.6%<br />
6.0%<br />
32<br />
137<br />
177<br />
17.7%<br />
526<br />
2,970<br />
2,098<br />
70.6%<br />
2009<br />
6.1%<br />
2.8%<br />
8.3%<br />
9.4%<br />
63.5%<br />
9.9%<br />
2009<br />
29.4<br />
21.9<br />
15.1 15.1<br />
5.9<br />
6.6<br />
5.9 5.8<br />
13.1<br />
16.4<br />
9.2<br />
10.5<br />
5.6<br />
13.6<br />
2.2<br />
1.0<br />
2.7<br />
1.3<br />
2009
35,000<br />
4.6<br />
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518,226<br />
380,953<br />
174,704<br />
175,892<br />
409,374<br />
348,611<br />
224,819<br />
210,608<br />
108,552<br />
32,342<br />
50,115<br />
34,716<br />
2009
Shimane 74.37 32<br />
3,904<br />
18.75<br />
327<br />
Labour and Welfare, 2010<br />
Okoi-san<br />
Born in 1907 (Tokushima)<br />
Her powerful performance of 60—year beloved Shamisen (a three-stringed musical<br />
instrument played with a plectrum called bachi) and mellow voice echoes in the practice<br />
room. Okoi-san, Ms. Koyurugi Tada got interested in Shamisen when she accompanied her<br />
friend’s Shamisen lesson before school age. Then she started to take lessons spontaneously.<br />
After graduating from elementary school, she made a debut as a geisha named<br />
“Utamaru.” Her first recording was in 1931, which led to spreading enjoyment of awa-odori<br />
(traditional folk dance in Tokushima Prefecture) all over Japan. She held the Centennial<br />
Memorial Concert, and released a CD.<br />
She is full of curiosity about music, art, fashion, gourmet, etc.<br />
She dedicates to practice every day, saying “I still have a lot I want to practice. There<br />
is no end in accomplishment.”<br />
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