More Japanese customers apply for welfare 1.82 million in Jan up 16,000 according to survey

“...more than 1.82 million people were on welfare in January, up about 16,000 from a month earlier...Of these 11,000, the elderly made up about 2,280 households, single mother households around 1,110, and households with handicapped people about 960.”



Source: Record 1.31 mil Japanese families live on welfare
2010/04/09
http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_20.html