The number of applications for minimum living allowances in Japan has increased for three consecutive years or may be affected by the epidemic situation of COVID-19 and rising prices.

[the number of applications for minimum living security in Japan has increased for three consecutive years or affected by the COVID-19 epidemic and rising prices]. According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Health and Labor on the 7th, the number of applications for minimum living security in Japan in 2022 was 245686, an increase of 6.9 percent over the previous year and three consecutive years of increase. The continuous increase in the data may be caused by the long-term epidemic of COVID-19 and rising prices.