As the impact of the new coronavirus on employment spreads, the number of applications for livelihood protection in December last year was more than 17,000, an increase for the fourth consecutive month compared to the same month of the previous year.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of applications for welfare protection in December last year was 17,308, an increase of 1055, or 6.5%, from the same month of the previous year.
The number of applications for welfare protection has increased from the previous year for the fourth consecutive month.
In addition, the number of households that newly started receiving welfare benefits in December last year was 17,272, an increase of 662 households, or 4%, from the same month of the previous year.
When applying for welfare, the local government will make a "dependent inquiry" to ask relatives if assistance is possible, but many people hesitate to apply because they do not want to be known to their families, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare reviewed the operation from March. If you haven't contacted your relatives for about 10 years, you don't have to make a "dependent inquiry".
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is calling on people in need of assistance to actively use it, and even on the homepage, "Application for livelihood protection is a national right. Anyone may need livelihood protection. Please do not hesitate to contact us. "