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The claim

在日朝鮮人の生活保護に年間2兆3千億円?

Original review summary

The review says Japan’s total public-assistance spending was about 3.5–3.7 trillion yen annually, while households headed by foreign nationals made up about 2.8% of recipient households. It concludes that the claim that 2.3 trillion yen goes to Korean residents is not supported by those figures.[S1]

Additional context

The review describes an image making the claim that spread on November 1, 2025. [S1]

The cited government survey counted 162,626 recipient households in July 2023; 45,973 were headed by foreign nationals, or 2.8% of the total. [S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] 日本ファクトチェックセンター original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026