6% of Japan's second-year junior high students are 'young carers'
The results of the survey on young carers will be used to draw up detailed measures for inclusion in the government's basic economic and fiscal policy guidelines.
Japan's Diet starts talks on medical fee hike for older people
The envisaged cost hike to 20% is expected to affect some 3.7 million people.
The Diet on Friday enacted a record ¥106.61 trillion budget for fiscal 2021 to finance steps to mitigate the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic as well as rising social security and defense costs, once again forgoing fiscal consolidation. The House of Councilors passed the budget ...
Japan's welfare councils work to stymie loans for people in need
Loan applications have surged from around 10,000 to 1.7 million since the introduction of a special measure in response to COVID-19, according to the welfare ministry.
The package features a program in which low-income households with children will receive ¥50,000 in cash per child.
The uneasy state of Japan’s welfare system
The LDP and business community have been undermining Japan's lifetime employment system in order to make it easier for employers to hire and fire, and to set salaries to their liking.
Japanese nurseries' attempts to cut operations during pandemic spark confusion
Requests to keep children at home, made by municipalities in coronavirus hotspot areas, come amid the closure of a number of nurseries due to cluster infections among staff and children.
Basic income proposal by influential Suga adviser hard to sell in Japan
The idea has caught Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's eye at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is stirring worries about job security and social inequality.
What is your moral plan for 2021?
Few people when making their New Year’s resolutions— just 12%, according to one U.S. study — resolve to become a better person in general, meaning better in a moral sense.
Japan to combine My Number card with driver's licenses by 2025
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday that the government will aim to integrate the My Number social security and taxation identification card with driver's licenses by the end of fiscal 2024, earlier than the previous target of 2026. At a meeting of a working group ...
'Special' child benefits to end for higher-earning families in Japan
The move, which will be implemented form October 2022, will affect those earning ¥12 million or more a year.
Japan considering cuts to child benefits for high-income families
The government is examining the idea of reducing a special allowance for high-income households with children in junior high school or younger to ¥2,500 per month from ¥5,000.
