2010 AUGUST 18 - AUGUST 24

Japan Press Weekly

Japan Press Service Co., Ltd. is the only news agency providing information of progressive, democratic movements in Japan

2010 AUGUST 18 - AUGUST 24

Why do so many Japanese feel uneasy?
Japanese are experiencing financial difficulties in paying for medical and nursing-care services and cannot dispel their anxiety about their future because of the government position of the "beneficiary-pays" principle. What the government should do is guarantee all citizens wholesome and cultured living and secure enough budgets for this purpose.

Don't allow lodging business to profit from poverty!
Japan's public assistance system, which was supposed to exist to ensure the minimum standard of wholesome and cultured living to all citizens, has been used for a business taking advantage of the growing numbers living in poverty. Effective regulations are necessary to prevent businesses from preying on the weak.

One in nine public schoolteachers is a temp
The number of full-time schoolteachers has been declining in contrast to a sharp increase in the number of non-regular teachers. As of 2009, one out of nine teachers in public elementary and junior high schools teaches part time. The government must increase the education budget and promote the hiring of full-time teachers.

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