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SOCIAL SECURITY

Currently, part-timers lose their status as dependents if their annual income surpasses ?1.3 million, requiring them to pay social insurance premiums.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2023
Japan mulls relief measures for dependent part-timers
Currently, part-timers lose their status as dependents if their annual income surpasses ?1.3 million, requiring them to pay social insurance premiums.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2020
Reforming Â鶹´«Ã½ social security system
Rebuilding Â鶹´«Ã½ fiscal health will be impossible without overhauling the social security system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2019
Abe-led government panel suggests reducing hospital beds to cut costs
The number of beds at hospitals nationwide should be reduced by some 130,000 as a measure to cut ballooning social security costs, the panel said.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 12, 2019
Abe and his new Cabinet face significant obstacles toward reforming nation¡¯s social security systems
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday, said he will boost efforts to reform the nation¡¯s social security systems ¡ª a top domestic priority for him as he enters the last two years of his final three-year term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2019
Trump says he¡¯s not looking at payroll and capital gains tax cuts
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is not looking at cutting payroll taxes or linking capital gains taxes to the inflation rate, which could slash the taxes that investors pay on profits from asset sales.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 2, 2019
Pension reform must accompany consumption tax hike
To end people¡¯s fears that the public pension won¡¯t support them in retirement, the government must place comprehensive social security reform at the top of the political agenda.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2019
Aging Japan to see 25% of breadwinners turn 75 or older by 2040: report
Â鶹´«Ã½ rapidly-aging society will see a quarter of its breadwinners turn 75 or older by 2040, the Nikkei daily has reported, citing a study from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2018
Over half of Japanese choose not to obtain My Number cards: survey
The Cabinet Office finds more than half of 3,000 Japanese aged 18 or over questioned during survey have chosen not to obtain My Number social security and taxation identification cards.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2018
Mitch McConnell says Senate Republicans might revisit Obamacare repeal if they win midterms
Republicans could try again to repeal Obamacare if they win enough seats in U.S. elections next month, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday, calling a failed 2017 push to repeal the health care law a ¡°disappointment.¡±
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 13, 2018
April 1 marks start of Â鶹´«Ã½ new medical fees and processes
The new medical prices are out.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2018
Number of households in Japan on welfare hit record high in October
The number of households in Japan receiving welfare increased by 634 in October from the previous month to hit a record high of 1,642,907, up for the sixth straight month, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced.
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2017
Cabinet OKs record-high ?97.71 trillion 2018 budget to cover rising social security and defense costs
The Cabinet approves a draft budget of u00a597.7 trillion for fiscal 2018, breaking the record for the sixth year straight.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2017
GOP-led Congress under fire as secrecy-shrouded Trump tax overhaul seen targeting coveted deductions
President Donald Trump¡¯s plan for overhauling the U.S. tax system faced growing opposition from interest groups on Sunday, as Republicans prepare to unveil sweeping legislation that could eliminate some of the most popular tax breaks to help pay for lower taxes.
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2017
Building a sustainable social security system
The government and political parties need to offer the public convincing explanations on how the social security system can be sustained.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2017
Â鶹´«Ã½ social security burden frustrates BOJ¡¯s inflation, spending efforts
Japanese companies are paying more for employees these days. Problem is, the money is going toward social security payroll taxes instead of wages, adding to the frustrations of Bank of Japan policymakers seeking higher wages and stronger inflation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 6, 2017
As welfare costs climb, gerontology groups propose higher age for definition of ¡®elderly¡¯
Japanese between 65 and 74 should no longer be classified as elderly because they are physically and mentally much younger than their counterparts were decades ago, says a proposal backed by two academic societies.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2016
Tokyo governor announces plan to increase child care slots
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Friday announced a plan to boost capacity at day care centers for children in Tokyo to 17,000 as part of efforts to ease the country¡¯s chronic shortage of such spots at care facilities.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2016
LDP subcommittee recommends expansion of ¡®working population¡¯ to people 18 to 74 years of age
The government should revise its definition of ¡°the working population¡± and aim to have working environments where people of all ages, especially the elderly, can work flexibly, a policy subcommittee of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party proposed Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2016
Â鶹´«Ã½ labor ministry to investigate why 2 million workers are on wrong pension program
The labor minister pledges to look into why around 2 million firm employees are members of a pension program for the self-employed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES
Jan 3, 2016
Options available to mitigate dangers of living alone with dementia
At first glance, it¡¯s hard to tell what¡¯s wrong with Keiko Sawada. As casual exchanges continue, however, it becomes increasingly clear the former bar hostess has serious memory problems.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Authorities urge continued caution after heavy rain in Chiba leaves eight dead
A local resident walks past a 7-Eleven convenience store in a flooded area after heavy rain in the city of Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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