TOKYO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — The variety of welfare functions in Japan reached 22,320 in November 2024, marking a 1.6 p.c improve from the identical month the earlier yr and the very best for November previously decade, in line with knowledge launched by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The ministry attributed the rise in functions to elements comparable to a rise in single-person households and an ageing inhabitants.
As of November 2024, the full variety of welfare-recipient households stood at 1,651,995, a slight lower of 0.1 p.c in comparison with the identical month in 2023.
As Japan is seeing persistent inflation and meals value hikes, the ministry urged these going through monetary hardship to hunt help at their native authorities places of work.