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## Overview

## Outline of Councils of Social Welfare

1. Outline of Councils of Social Welfare (as of December 1, 2011)

• National Council of Social Welfare:

1 council

• Councils of social welfare in prefectures and designated cities: 66 councils

• Municipal council of social welfare:

Source: National Council of Social Welfare

1,853 councils

2. Major Projects Conducted by Municipal Councils of Social Welfare (actual status of FY2009)

(The numbers represent the percentage of municipal councils of social welfare which have implemented each project: %)

Planning	Formulation of community welfare activity plans	40.1
Consultation	Services to provide counseling on personal problems Services to provide counseling on welfare in general	79.2 62.0
Loan	Living welfare fund loan Emergency temporary loan/benefits	96.2 58.1
Activities in small communities*	Establishment of local Councils of Social Welfare Small community network activities	39.4 50.7
Resident participation/volunteer	Establishment of volunteer centers (corners, etc.) Establishing Fureai Ikiiki Salon (Side-by-side and lively Salon) In-home social welfare services management by councils with resident participation (meal service, transfer service, house work support, etc.)	92.4 79.1 22.1
In-home welfare services	Insured long-term care services	Home-visit care services Commuting care services Home-Visit bathing care services	71.7 49.6 28.5
Independence support benefits	In-home care services Home-visit care services for persons with severe disabilities Activity support services	67.4 53.3 17.3
Support for welfare service usage	Daily life and independence support services	37.8
Organizing and management support for associations for persons requiring support (and their families)	Association for persons with physical disabilities (and families) Association for persons with mental retardation (and families) Association for persons with mental disorders (and families) Association for the elderly with dementia (and families) Society of elderly living alone Association for the fatherless families Association for the motherless families	62.3 56.5 30.5 15.4 15.4 42.4 5.0
Affairs of organizations	Division/section of community chest Federation of elderly clubs	92.0 49.0
Support for children and child rearing families	Family support services After-school day-care (after-school child sound upbringing services) Support for organization and operation of children's society/children's clubs Operation of children's halls and children's centers	13.9 15.2 16.1 11.2
Others	Operation of small-scale workshops, etc. Transportation support services (community life support service) Prevention activities against malicious sales practices targeting elderly and persons with disabilities, etc. Meal services Transfer services	8.9 39.8 28.2 57.5 45.9

Source: National Council of Social Welfare
## Overview Outline of Certified Social Workers and Certified Care Workers

## [Certified social workers]

A social worker denotes a person with specialized knowledge and skills that has the right to exclusively use that title in providing anyone facing difficulties in leading their daily lives due to physical/mental disabilities or environmental reasons with advice, guidance, and welfare services, or engaging in the business of enabling communication/adjustments with and providing assistance to doctors, anyone providing health and medical services, and any other relevant professionals.

Those who have studied the social welfare related subjects designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare at universities, etc. and have passed the national examination for certified social workers can become certified social workers upon registration.

Acquisition of a Certified Social Worker Qualification

## [Certified care workers]

A social worker denotes a person with specialized knowledge and skills that has the right to exclusively use that title in providing anyone facing difficulties in leading their daily lives due to physical/mental disabilities with long-term care services, and also provide them and their caregivers with guidance on long-term care.

Graduates of high schools or higher education who have graduated from training institutions designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or who have engaged in long-term care work, etc. for 3 years or more and have passed the national examination for certified care workers can become certified care workers upon registration.

Acquisition of a Certified Care Worker Qualification

Detailed Data 1 Results of National Examination for Certified Social/Care Workers

Category	Certified social workers	Certified care workers
Number of applicants	Number of successful applicants	Pass rate	Number of applicants	Number of successful applicants	Pass rate
24th Examination (FY2011)	42,882	11,282	26.3%	137,961	88,190	63.9%

Source: Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW

Detailed Data 2 Number of Persons Qualified as Certified Social/Care Workers

Certified social workers	Certified care workers	National examination	Training institutions
FY2011	146,463	985,400	707,827	277,573

Source: Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW

(Note) Those registered as of the end of February 2012
## Overview

## Outline of Welfare Volunteers and Child Welfare Volunteers

The welfare volunteers prescribed for in the Commissioned Welfare Volunteers Act shall enhance social welfare through the spirit of providing social services, consultation from point of view of the people, any necessary assistance, and cooperate in the tasks of relevant the administrative agencies, including welfare offices, etc.

In addition, welfare volunteers also serve as child welfare volunteers, as provided for in the Child Welfare Act. Welfare volunteers appropriately identify the situation with the environment surrounding and the lives of children, pregnant women, and fatherless families in communities. If children requiring support are identified, welfare volunteers shall make the effort to solve their problems by providing consultations and advice on the available services and systems.

Increasing expectations with regard to the activities of child welfare volunteers led to a system of chief child welfare volunteers being created in 1994 in thus enabling them to exclusively engage in child welfare-related matters, and which was legally established within the Child Welfare Act in 2001. “Chief child welfare volunteers” are designated from among the child welfare volunteers. Chief child welfare volunteers provide liaisons and coordination between child welfare-related agencies and child welfare volunteers assigned to the region, along with assistance and cooperation in the activities of the child welfare volunteers.

Detailed Data 1

Welfare volunteers/child welfare volunteers	Chief child welfare volunteers (included)
Males	90,039	3,357
Females	135,208	17,427
Total	225,247	20,784

Source: “Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services FY2010”, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW

(Note) The figures exclude Fukushima Prefecture (apart from Koriyama City and Iwaki City) due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
# Status of Activities of Welfare Volunteers/Child Welfare Volunteers

Total Number of Activities by Both Welfare Volunteers and Child Welfare Volunteers

The total number of cases of consultation/support provided by welfare volunteers and child welfare volunteers in FY2010 was 7,136,055, and the contents of activities are given in the following table. Cases of matters related to in-home welfare was high in percentage at 10.7% when compare to others.

By category, “matters related to the elderly” accounted for more than half of total cases at 55.0%, “matters related to children” was 20.2% and “matters related to persons with disabilities” 5.8%.

Number of cases of consultation/support by content
Total	7,136,055
In-home welfare	760,022
Long-term care insurance	239,054
Health and medical care	535,057
Child rearing/maternal and child health	246,357
Community life of children	625,332
Child education/school life	415,884
Living expenses	309,413
Pension/insurance	60,773
Work	77,425
Family relations	243,525
Housing	125,711
Living environment	310,768
Daily support	1,576,992
Others	1,609,742

Number of cases of consultation/support by content (total)

Number of cases of other activities
Total	24,518,355
Investigation/identification of situations	4,869,915
Participation/cooperation in events, programs, and conferences	5,742,074
Community welfare activities/voluntary activities	7,922,487
Operation/training of the Council of Social Welfare	5,328,874
Certification work	552,945
Notification/mediation in finding children requiring protection	102,060

Breakdown of cases of other activities (total)
## Overview Outline of Public Assistance System

## [Public assistance system]

The public assistance system is used to guarantee a minimum standard of living as well as to promote self-support for any citizens that are impoverished by providing the necessary public assistance according to their level of poverty.

The system consists of 8 types of assistance, namely livelihood assistance, education assistance, housing assistance, medical assistance, long-term care assistance, maternity assistance, occupational assistance, and funeral assistance, which can all be provided alone or in combination according to the needs of the person requiring the public assistance.

## Determining the Amount of Public Assistance

(Calculation of Minimum Living Expenses)

Livelihood assistance	+	Housing assistance	+	Education assistance	+	Long-term care assistance	+	Medical assistance	=	Minimum living Expenses
Living expenses	House rent, etc.	Compulsory education expenses	Long-term care expenses	Medical expenses

• In addition to the above items, a standard amount is added in the case of child birth, funeral, etc.

(Calculation of Income Appropriation Amount)

Average monthly income - (Actual necessary expenses + Basic deductions) = Income

(Calculation of Assistance Amount)

Minimum living expenses - Income appropriation amount = Assistance amount

## [Standards of public assistance]

The standards of public assistance system involve standards for livelihood assistance, the scope of which includes clothing, food or anything else considered necessary in their daily life, and which get revised using the level equilibrium method that takes into consideration the growth of the consumption level of the general public, etc.

Livelihood Assistance Standards by Type of Household (FY2012)

(Unit: ¥)

3-person household: male aged 33, female aged 29, child aged 4	Elderly single household: female aged 68	Elderly couple household: male aged 68, female aged 65	Female aged 30, children aged 4 and 2
1st class area - 1	172,170	80,820	121,940	192,900
1st class area - 2	164,870	77,190	116,460	186,470
2nd class area - 1	157,580	73,540	110,960	178,310
2nd class area - 2	150,270	69,910	105,480	171,880
3rd class area - 1	142,980	66,260	99,990	163,730
3rd class area - 2	135,680	62,640	94,500	157,300

(Note) The above figures include winter season additional amounts (Area VI x 5/12), child-rearing addition, and fatherless family addition.

Changes in Standard Livelihood Assistance Standards (monthly amount as of April 1 of each FY)

FY	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Standard 3-person household in 1st class area-1	Standard amount (¥)	157,274	158,375	161,859	163,316	163,806	163,970	163,970	163,970	162,490	162,170	162,170	162,170	162,170	162,170	162,170	162,170	162,170	162,170
Ratio to previous year (%)	101.0	100.7	102.2	100.9	100.3	100.1	100.0	100.0	99.1	99.8	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

(Note) Excluding child-rearing addition.
## Overview Outline of Livelihood Welfare Fund Loan System

[Year of establishment] FY1955

[Implementing entity] Prefectural Councils of Social Welfare

[Eligible persons]

Low-income households ..... Households that face difficulty borrowing the necessary money from other sources (same level as those exempt from municipal-tax)

Households with persons with disabilities ..... Households with persons who have been issued with physically disabled certificates, medical rehabilitation handbooks, or health and welfare handbooks for persons with mental disorders

Elderly households ..... Households with elderly aged 65 or older

## [Fund type]

General Support Funds (living support expenses, housing expenses, temporary livelihood rehabilitation expenses), Welfare Funds (welfare expenses, emergency small-amount fund), Education Support Funds (education support expenses, school entering expenses), Living Funds of Real Estate Security Type (living funds of real estate security type, living funds of real estate security type for families in need of welfare)

## [Interest rate]

No interest if co-signed.

Annual interest rate is 1.5% if not co-signed.

[1] No interest for Emergency Small-amount Funding and Education Support Funds

[2] With the Living Funds of the Real Estate Security Type and Living Funds of Real Estate Security Type for Families in need of Welfare an annual interest rate of 3% or the long-term prime rate, whichever is lower, apply
Consumers' Cooperative Societies

Source: “Tabulated Results of FY2010 Survey on the actual status of consumers' cooperative societies (federations)”, Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW

Changes in Number of Consumers' Cooperative Societies

Source: “Tabulated Results of FY2010 Survey on the actual status of consumers' cooperative societies (federations)”, Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW
## Overview System of Disaster Relief and Support for Victims

* “Content of emergency relief”: Establishment and management of shelters, provision of temporary emergency housing, supplying meals and daily necessities for living, providing drinking water, and medical care, etc.

## [Disaster Relief Act]

The Disaster Relief Act prescribes that, in cases where a disaster above a certain scale occurs, the national government shall provide emergency relief in cooperation with local governments. The Japanese Red Cross Society, and other organizations and citizens with the aim of protecting the victims and maintaining public order.

### [Provision of disaster condolence grant, etc.]

In addition to the provision of relief in accordance with the Disaster Relief Act, the disaster condolence grant and the condolence grant for disaster disabilities are provided by municipalities and loans are made available from the disaster relief fund in accordance with the Act on Provision of Disaster Condolence Grant for the victims of disasters above a certain scale.

Detailed Data 1 Application of the Disaster Relief Act (Past 10 years)

FY	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Total number of prefectures to which the Act was applied	2	2	4	22	7	7	5	5	4	15	13
Total number of municipalities to which the Act was applied	4	2	14	150	38	21	15	11	7	229	60

Source: Social Welfare and War victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW

## Detailed Data 2 List of Disaster Condolence Grants, etc

Disaster condolence grant	Condolence grant for disaster disabilities	Disaster relief fund
(Applicable disasters)
Natural disasters which meet one of the following criteria:
• A disaster which ruined 5 or more households in 1 municipality
• A disaster which ruined 5 or more households in 3 or more municipalities in 1 prefecture
• A disaster for which the Disaster Relief Act was applied to 1 or more municipalities in 1 prefecture
• A disaster for which the Disaster Relief Act was applied to municipalities in 2 or more prefectures	(Applicable disasters)
• A natural disaster for which the Disaster Relief Act was applied to 1 or more municipalities in 1 prefecture
(Persons eligible for grants)
The families of the deceased who died in the disaster
(spouse, children, parents, grandchildren and grandparents)
* In cases where none of the above exist brothers/sisters can also be eligible for grants. (Applicable since the Great East Japan Earthquake)	(Persons eligible for grants)
Persons who suffered severe disabilities caused by the disaster	(Persons eligible for loans)
A householder who is injured in the disaster or whose housing, belongings, etc. suffered considerable damage (Note) Eligibility is income tested.
(Amount)
• Death of income earner:
¥5.00 million
• Death of other family members:
¥2.50 million	(Amount)
• Income earner:
¥2.50 million
• Other family members:
¥1.25 million	(Maximum loan amount)
¥3.50 million
(Note) The maximum loan amount changes depending on the damage level.
## Overview Succession of Hardships During and After the War

## ☐ Showa-kan

The Showa-kan was opened in the spring of 1999, for the purpose of passing down to posterity about hardships experienced by bereaved families of the war dead and the other people during and after the war.

The Showa-kan exhibits real materials showing the people's lives of that time as they were, provides an access to books and videos, and implements programs that provide a broad range of information on the affiliated facilities. Furthermore, the thematic exhibitions are held 3 times a year along different themes to provide an opportunity for the public to commemorate those hardships.

• Address: 1-6-1 Kudan-Minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

• TEL: 03-3222-2577

• Website: http://www.showakan.go.jp

## ☐ Shokei-kan (Historical Materials Hall for the Wounded and Sick Retired Soldiers, etc)

The Shokei-kan was opened in the spring of 2006, as part of relief measures for sick and wounded servicemen, for the purpose of passing down to posterity about hardships during and after the war experienced by sick and wounded servicemen, as well as their families, etc.

The Shokei-kan exhibits real materials and verbal testimony that convey the sobering hardships of those servicemen and families, provides an access to a diorama of field hospitals, books and videos, and holds thematic exhibitions and others, providing an opportunity for the public to commemorate those hardships.

• Address: Kyodo Bldg. Kudan No. 2, 1-5-13 Kudan-Minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

• TEL: 03-3234-7821

• Website: http://www.shokeikan.go.jp
## Outline of Relief Measures for Japanese Remaining in China After the War

Support Measures for Japanese Remaining in China After the War, etc.

Support and Communications Centers for People Returning from China (7 centers nationwide)

O Content of services

• Support for Japanese language acquisition toward employment

• Living guidance and assistance with communication between returnees, etc.

• Collection and provision of information on volunteer activities in regions, etc.

• Late payment of public pension allowable for the period that returnees were unable to join the public pension due to being abroad as well as the period after returning

• Full old-age basic pension shall be paid as public funds shall be used to cover the amount required for late payments

• Full old-age basic pension shall be excluded from constructive receipts

• 30% of other incomes, such as employees' pensions, etc. shall be excluded from constructive receipts

• Financial support for housing, medical and nursing care, etc. shall be paid according to the situation of the individual household

• Assignment of support and consultation staff with Chinese language abilities

Regional network services for assisting Japanese remaining in China after the war, etc.

• Financial support for the necessary expenses of holding workshops to gain the understanding of residents in communities

• Financial support for activities of persons working to coordinate community residents and Japanese remaining in China after the war, etc. (support leaders), etc.

○ Japanese language study support in neighborhoods

• Aid for Japanese language classes held by regional volunteers

• Financial support for tuition at private Japanese language schools, etc.

○ Financial support for the expense of dispatching advisors on self-sufficiency, interpreters used in self-sufficiency support, etc.

○ Implementation of community life support programs for people returning from China
Detailed Data 2 Status of DNA Analysis of Remains of War Dead Abroad

(Unit: case)

FY	Identified	Negative	Total
2003	8	0	8
2004	47	24	71
2005	157	36	193
2006	168	245	413
2007	149	187	336
2008	145	71	216
2009	86	76	162
2010	46	60	106
2011	30	15	45
Total	836	714	1,550

Source: Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW

Status with Pilgrimages for Memorial Services and visits to Burial Sites

(Unit: person)
FY	Region	Number of bereaved participated
2007	The former Soviet Union, China, Central Pacific, Truk Islands, Eastern New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago/Solomon Islands, the Philippines, Iwo Jima	366
2008	The former Soviet Union, China, Bismarck Archipelago/Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Palau Islands, Eastern New Guinea, the Philippines, Myanmar, Marshall/Gilbert Islands, Iwo Jima	351
2009	The former Soviet Union, China, Iwo Jima, the Philippines, Mariana Islands, Eastern New Guinea, North Borneo, Bismarck Archipelago/Solomon Islands	324
2010	The former Soviet Union, China, Iwo Jima, the Philippines, Mariana Islands, Indonesia, Eastern New Guinea, Myanmar, Truk Islands, Gilbert Islands	470
2011	The former Soviet Union, China, Iwo Jima, the Philippines, Mongolia, Palau, Indonesia, Bismarck Archipelago/Solomon Islands, Eastern New Guinea	356

Source: Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW
Detailed Data 4 Status with Erection of Monuments to War Dead

Name of monument	Location	Completion date
Iwo Jima Monument to the War Dead	Iwo Jima, Ogasawara village, Tokyo	Mar. 26, 1971
Philippine Monument to the War Dead	Kaliraya, Laguna state, the Philippines	Mar. 28, 1973
Mid-Pacific ocean Monument to the War Dead	Marpi, Saipan Island, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Island, U.S.A. (self-governing domain)	Mar. 25, 1974
South Pacific ocean Monument to the War Dead	Rabaul City, Eastern New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea	Sep. 30, 1980
Myanmar Peace Monument	Yangon City, Myanmar	Mar. 28, 1981
New Guinea Monument to the War Dead	Wewak City, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea	Sep. 16, 1981
Borneo Monument to the War Dead	Labuan City Sabah State, Malaysia	Sep. 30, 1982
East Pacific ocean Monument to the War Dead	Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands	Mar. 16, 1984
West Pacific ocean Monument to the War Dead	Peleliu Island, Peleliu State, Republic of Palau	Mar. 8, 1985
North Pacific ocean Monument to the War Dead	Attu Island, State of Alaska, U.S.A.	July 1, 1987
Monument to the War Dead in World War II	Parei, Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia	Mar. 24, 1994
India Peace Monument	Imphal, Manipur State, India	Mar. 25, 1994
Monument to the Japanese Dead	Khabarovsk City, Khabarovsk Province, Russia	July 31, 1995
Sakhalin and Chishima Monument to the War Dead	Smirnykh, Sakhalin Province, Russia	Nov. 1, 1996
Monument to the Japanese Dead	Ulan Bator, Mongolia	Oct. 15, 2001

Source: Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW

(As of June 30, 2012)

Detailed Data 5

Status with the Erection of Small-Scale Monuments to the War Dead for the Deceased during their Detention in the Soviet Union

Region	Location of erection	Completion date
Republic of Tatarstan	Elabuga, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation	Sep. 2000
Krasnoyarsk Region	Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region, Russian Federation	Sep. 2000
Republic of Khakasia	Chernogorsk, Republic of Khakasia, Russian Federation	Sep. 2001
Sverdlovsk State	Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk State, Russian Federation	Sep. 2001
Republic of Uzbekistan	Toshkent, Republic of Uzbekistan	Sep. 2003
Kemerovo State	Kemerovo, Kemerovo State, Russian Federation	Oct. 2006
Novosibirsk State	Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk State, Russian Federation	Dec. 2007
Altai Region	Bijsk, Altai Region, Russian Federation	Dec. 2007
Orenburg State	Orenburg, Orenburg State, Russian Federation	Sep. 2008
Republic of Georgia	Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia	Mar. 2010
Primorsky Region	Artyom, Primorsky Region, Russian Federation	Nov. 2010

Source: Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW

(As of June 30, 2012)