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.
The number of welfare benefit applications submitted in Japan in August fell to 17,451, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Wednesday. The monthly figure fell by 2,199 from the previous month and 735 year on year, even though restaurants and other businesses in many ...
Fifth of Japan's workforce may be in medical and welfare jobs by 2040
A government report says teleworking may have a large impact on social security and work styles in the future.
Media join the debate over the economics of a universal basic income
Could the introduction of such a welfare model lead to economic inequality?
Measure is expected to allow cardholders to change their registered address for a driver's license without having to visit a police station.
Would a universal basic income make us lazy or creative?
We are indeed in the midst of a digital transformation that will destroy many old jobs and create many new ones, and we need structures that help people adapt.
Sapporo and Osaka allow LGBT partners to get victim support money
Same-sex partners of the victims of crime will be able to receive payouts in the same manner as heterosexual couples.
Japan's coronavirus handout not reaching all homeless people
Supporters say that those who need the money the most are being left behind, calling on local governments to extend their application deadlines.
