The average amount of savings secretly accumulated by married women in 2016 was ¥1.47 million, rising by more than ¥200,000 from the year before, according to a survey by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co.The survey, released Wednesday, showed that husbands, on the other hand, ...
Fourteen percent of Japanese adults living alone have no money in the bank to guard themselves for rainy days, according to a recent survey of several thousand people by the nation’s Central Council for Financial Services Information.The annual research by the council, which is ...
The average savings at households in 2015 rose 0.4 percent to ¥18.05 million, the highest level since officials began compiling comparable data in 2002, the internal affairs ministry said.The balance grew for the third consecutive year, thanks chiefly to a rise in the value ...
The average savings of households in 2014 rose 3.4 percent to ¥17.98 million, marking the highest level since officials began compiling comparable data in 2002, the internal affairs ministry said.The savings of households with at least two members grew for the second straight year ...
Financial assets held by households as of the end of last December grew 3.0 percent year-on-year to a record high of ¥1.69 quadrillion, Bank of Japan data showed Wednesday.The year-end balance of assets rose for the sixth straight year, according to the data. The ...
A nonpartisan group of lawmakers wants to designate an organization to exclusively manage deposits left in dormant bank accounts.
The share of Japanese households with no financial assets rose to a record high as falling incomes forced people to dig into their savings, highlighting the potential for widening disparities under “Abenomics.”The proportion reached 31 percent, according to a Bank of Japan survey released ...
If it's February, it's time for the government to release its yearly economic statistics.
