Statistical Survey Overview
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare published the Survey of Public Assistance Recipients (preliminary figures for June 2025). This is an important social security statistic that monitors the implementation status of the public assistance system on a monthly basis.
Significance of the Survey of Public Assistance Recipients
System operation: Continuous monitoring of public assistance system implementation status and trends Policy planning: Basic data for measuring the effectiveness of public assistance policy and improving the system Social conditions: Analysis of the relationship between changes in economic and social conditions and poverty situations
Main Statistical Items
Number of protected households: Total number of households receiving public assistance and month-on-month and year-on-year comparisons Number of protected persons: Total number of public assistance recipients and their proportion of the population Household types: Trends by classification including elderly households, single-mother households, disabled households, and other households
Utilization for Social Security Policy
Budget compilation: Appropriate estimation and allocation of public assistance budgets System revision: Utilized as material for reviewing the public assistance system Local government support: Supporting appropriate implementation by local governments as implementing agencies
This statistic serves as a fundamental indicator showing the operational status of the public assistance system, which is the last safety net in Japan's social security system.