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Guzewicz, Tony D.; Takooshian, Harold – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1993
Compares attitudes toward the homeless in Japan and the United States through a survey of 268 Japanese and 254 U.S. adults and adolescents interviewed in public places. In Japan, homelessness is seldom discussed, and poverty, which may be as widespread as in the United States, is often not recognized. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Update, 1987
Four papers in this issue focus on population and urban growth in: (1) sub-Saharan Africa; (2) Latin America; (3) the Soviet Union; and (4) Japan and China. While each region has unique population features, similarities exist based on northern or southern hemisphere geographic locations and on a communist or non-communist political orientation.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Population Distribution, Population Growth, Population Trends