The number of Japanese low-income applications has increased for three consecutive years or affected by the COVID-19 epidemic and rising prices.

　　Overseas Network, June 7thAccording to a report by Japan’s Kyodo News Agency on the 7th, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the statistical results on the same day, saying that the number of applications for minimum living security in Japan in 2022 was 245,686, an increase of 6.9% over the previous year and an increase for three consecutive years. The data continues to increase, or it is caused by the prolonged epidemic situation in COVID-19 and rising prices.

　　The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare also said that in March this year, the number of applications for subsistence allowances in Japan was 24,493, an increase of 23.7% over the same period in 2022, setting the second largest increase since April 2013 with statistics. In February this year, this data also increased by 20.5%, and the growth rate continued to be at a high level. Relevant personnel of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare believe that the continuous increase in data may be caused by the economic trend under the COVID-19 epidemic, but the specific reasons cannot be determined.

　　The number of Japanese applications for subsistence allowances has been decreasing for a long time, but it turned to increase in 2020 after the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. (Overseas network Wang Shanning)