Japan Panel OKs Smaller Cuts to Welfare Benefits
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
Tokyo, Nov. 17 (Jiji Press)--An expert panel of Japan's welfare ministry on Monday broadly approved a draft revision to the reduction rate for basic welfare payments, following a Supreme Court ruling that found the government's cuts to welfare benefits unlawful. The panel calls for lowering livelihood assistance, which is designed to cover food and other basic expenses, by at least 2.49 pct...
