110 applicants for 1060 jobs. Welfare job meeting in Kagawa

On January 24th, companies' joint information session "Welfare Job Support Fair" was held in Takamatsu, Kagawa targeting to recruit health care and welfare field students and workers. 75 employer offered 1,060 jobs, however 110 people attended the session.
The number of job offers at the prefecture's Social Welfare Human Resource Center has increased by 70 percent from 2009 while the number of applicants has increased only 10 percent in the same term.


介護の人手不足深刻　１０６０人募集も来場１１０人…香川　―yomiDr./ヨミドクター
http://www.yomidr.yomiuri.co.jp/page.jsp?id=71705


Job cuts of foreign banks in Japan in 2011

Over 2.12M people on welfare

Japan 101st on WEF "The Global Gender Gap Report"

Annual income of Japanese keeps dropping

Over 2.12M people on welfare

Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare revealed that the number of people receiving welfare public assistance from the government was record high of 2,124,669 in July 2012 increased 9,192 from previous month.
The number of households on welfare was 1,549,773 increased 6,989 from the month before. Among them, 671,572 or 40 percents were elderly households, 298,703 were households with the sick or the injured and 283,062 were others including the households with people capable of working.


生活保護受給者、最多を更新　７月時点で２１２万人超　―朝日新聞デジタル
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/1024/TKY201210240145.html