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Feb 13, 2021 On Jan. 27, Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), held an online meeting with his counterpart, Rikio Kozu, of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) to talk about wages, and, at one point, Nakanishi said that “somehow” Japan’s ranking for average pay among the 37 developed countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development had dropped. On Jan. 30, Tokyo Shimbun summarized the media reaction to Nakanishi’s remark by saying that the business leader made it seem as if he thought Japan’s pay situation...

news Japan's impoverished hesitating to apply for welfare due to checks on kin The Mainichi © The Mainichi This photo shows a consultation area for people who have lost their homes or run into other difficulties amid the coronavirus pandemic at Okubo Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. A survey regarding social aid was conducted there. (Mainichi/Satoshi Tokairin) TOKYO -- A system in which authorities phone the parents, siblings or other kin of people applying for welfare in Japan to check whether they can offer financial assistance is placing a psychological burden on applicant...

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has finally become very serious about this issue. We heartily welcome this move. Jan. 2 05:41 am JST Jan. 2 | 06:16 am JST Tsuyoshi Inaba, who heads Tsukuroi Tokyo Fund, an organization that supports those in economic distress. He was referring to he welfare ministry's website which has posted numerous messages calling on those in financial distress to apply right away. The ministry is trying to eradicate the stigma of people applying for public assistance by widely publicizing the fact it is a right of anyone facing dire economic circu...