social welfare

Restoring the primary balance should not be used as an excuse to avoid enacting pension system reform.

Kicking the can down the road on social security reform should not be a policy option.

The Oct. 1 start of a government program making preschool education free of charge has raised concerns about a possible increase in children waiting to be accepted into nurseries. The program covers children age 3 to 5 as well as those up to 2 years ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicks off the extraordinary Diet session by tweaking his social welfare vows to appeal more to seniors and people with disabilities as he targets Article 9.

A subcommittee of the Fiscal System Council launched full-fledged discussions Thursday to compile the budget for fiscal 2020. The budget compilation work for the coming fiscal year, which starts in April, is the first of its kind since the Reiwa Era began May 1 with ...

Shinzo Abe will almost certainly become the nation's longest-serving prime minister next month. Whether he will be remembered as a success could well hinge on how the economy weathers the consumption tax hike. Legislation raising the tax to 10 percent from 8 percent took effect ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Friday to step up efforts to reform social security as Japan faces a multitude of challenges stemming from its rapidly graying population and low birthrate. "Reform toward social security for all generations is the biggest challenge," Abe said at the ...

Officials in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, are working to reduce rent delinquency among low-income residents of municipal housing, by visiting defaulters individually and compiling custom payment plans. They aim to support the public housing residents — half of whom are aged 60 or ...