Tokyo DispatchJapan, in EnglishA union says decades of gendered work patterns leave most Japanese women drawing under ¥100,000 a month, and an 84-year-old who worked 35 years told a Tokyo press conference she cannot keep up with prices.
Police arrested 12 people over a scheme that used a real repatriated orphan's identity to bring relatives to Japan and claim benefits for more than 10 years.
Japan's only wrestler to pin both Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki says he wants to take care of himself, as a documentary follows his walking rehabilitation in a seniors' residence.
The health ministry is considering requiring operators of group homes for people with disabilities to undergo external evaluation and publish the results, as cases of poor management at service providers draw scrutiny.
A flat monthly fee for home-visit nursing in depopulated mountain areas would count gasoline, vehicle upkeep and travel time, the ministry told a welfare panel. Providers could still choose the current per-visit rate.
The health ministry is working out the conditions under which recipients can own a vehicle, mainly for commuting and school runs, and will brief local governments once they are settled.
