Japan's social security benefits topped ¥120 trillion to hit record high in 2017
Social security benefits paid out in fiscal 2017 reached a record high and exceeded ¥120 trillion for the first time, a welfare ministry-affiliated think tank said Friday. The figure for the year to March 2018 stood at ¥120.24 trillion, up 1.6 percent from the previous ...
Contrasting visions of Denmark's welfare state turn issue into hot election topic
The Nordic welfare model, long the envy of many across the world seeking an egalitarian utopia, is creaking. Aging populations have led to politicians across the region chipping away at the generous cradle-to-grave welfare state for years. In Denmark, next week's election could prove a ...
The government should explore effective measures of support that suit the diverse circumstances and backgrounds of the hikikomori's problems.
Japan's Diet passes record ¥101 trillion budget with spending hikes for defense and social security
Key to the budget is a ¥2.03 trillion stimulus package that the government hopes will underpin domestic demand after the consumption tax is increased.
Few foreign residents aware of public nursing care plan but more expected to tap it as Japan grays
The number of foreign people living and retiring in Japan is expected to increase following the overhaul of the nation's immigration control law in April, which will introduce new types of working visas. However, only a small number of these residents appear fully aware of ...
The 100-year life and public pension reform
Is it possible for people who live to 100 to receive sufficient pension benefits for 35 years?
Aso told reporters he would retract the remark “if it caused misunderstanding” but didn’t elaborate on what he had intended to say.
Japanese lawmakers from both sides lay into labor ministry over costly jobs data debacle
Ruling and opposition lawmakers on Thursday criticized the labor ministry for releasing faulty jobs data for more than a decade in the first Diet discussions held on the issue since the scandal broke in December. Labor minister Takumi Nemoto apologized for the debacle, which led ...
Ministry corrects stats but admits many records lost in data scandal that left 20 million underpaid
The labor ministry releases corrected personal income statistics going back to 2012 after the discovery of sampling irregularities stretching back years that resulted in compensation to millions going unpaid.
Panel slams Japan's labor ministry for years of sloppy data that shortchanged 20 million people
The government is expected to reprimand the labor ministry’s top bureaucrat and some other officials, a government source said Thursday.
To regain the public's trust in the government's statistics, how officials erred needs to be exposed and measures taken to ensure such problems are not repeated.
Social Good Roasters: Balancing coffee and community
Social Good Roasters is a social welfare organization that specifically employees people with disabilities such as Down syndrome and autism and teaches them everything from how to sort unroasted coffee beans to the process of brewing and roasting.
