Japan's child poverty rate has improved amid a steady economic recovery, but experts say continuing support is vital to prevent social exclusion. A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization called Kid's Door offers free education to children from single-parent families or those on welfare that are living in ...
The number of households on welfare in Japan in March increased by 2,588 from the previous month to hit a record high of 1,641,523, up for the first time in three months, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Wednesday. The increase reflected a ...
As the ranks of male day care workers swell, the city of Chiba has moved to ensure more acceptance of men in the sector amid concerns from some parents about issues such as changing baby girls' diapers and clothes. The city in January drafted a ...
The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe adopted several bills on Tuesday to strengthen the involvement of family courts in child abuse cases. The bills, which are amendments to current laws, including the child welfare law, were approved at a Cabinet meeting. In cases that could ...
A better education for children from poor families is key to breaking the chain of poverty.
The Odawara Municipal Office has taken seven officials to task after dozens of public workers and contractors bought jackets bearing an English phrase calling illegitimate welfare recipients "dregs," it said Tuesday. According to the Kanagawa Prefecture city, 64 employees — including welfare case workers — ...
The number of households on welfare in Japan last October increased by 964 from the previous month to 1,637,866, hitting a record high for the third consecutive month, the welfare ministry said Wednesday. The growth, which followed five months of expansion, reflected an increase in ...
Once a bustling town of casual workers, Kotobukicho is now a community of aging welfare recipients.
An increasing number of elderly people are living in poverty.
People aged 65 or older accounted for more than half of all welfare-dependent households in Japan in March — tipping over the 50 percent mark for the first time, the government said. Of the 826,656 households made up of elderly residents on welfare, an increase ...
China should increase investment in care for the elderly, President Xi Jinping told a meeting of the country's top leaders on its aging population, official Xinhua News Agency reported. "Our policies measures, work base, institutional mechanisms, and so forth are still deficient, leading to a ...
A Florida nursing home is under investigation after the death of a man in a wheelchair who was left in the sun, where he suffered second-degree burns, blistering and symptoms of dehydration. Police in Pinellas Park said 65-year-old Wilbert Henry Moten, who was immobile, spent ...
