Japanese Households on Welfare Rise to Record
There were 1.168 million households on welfare in January, an increase of 8,700 from the previous month, Asahi newspaper said on its Web site. New applications for the government’s livelihood assistance program increased 30 percent, mostly from non-regular workers, the paper said.Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures, where Toyota Motor Corp. and other car markers have factories, recorded the most welfare applications, the Asahi said. Aichi, west of Tokyo, had a 72 percent rise in applications from December, the paper.
Please do pray that God would use this as means in people's lives to turn to Christ. Pray that they would have spiritual eyes to see there is no hope in things, their country, their government, but that Christ is sufficient, worthy, powerful, trustworthy, & King.
