The Diet on Friday enacted the revised daily life protection law, which includes tougher punishment for those who fraudulently claim benefits while also seeking to shift some of the state’s financial burden onto relatives of claimants.
It was the first significant revision of the law since its implementation in 1950. Most parts of the amended version will enter into force next July.
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