The number of welfare recipients totaled 2,174,331 in March, up 5,166 from the previous month, surpassing a record reached a year earlier, the welfare ministry said Wednesday.
The number of households receiving welfare also hit a record of 1,622,458 in the month, up 3,773, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
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