Japanese Customer: Have Japanese customers changed between haves and have nots?

Photo: Hummer on sale in Tokyo, Japan

"two million yen (£9,300) has become the de-facto poverty line for millions of Japanese, especially outside the capital."

Source: Luxury gap: how Japan turned into a nation of the haves and the have-nots
By David McNeill
Independent.co.uk Web
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/
luxury-gap-how-japan-turned-into-a-nation-of-the-haves-and-the-havenots-778677.html