Record 74 Pct of Japanese Satisfied with Their Lives: Govt Poll

   Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)--A Cabinet Office survey showed Saturday that nearly 74 pct of Japanese people are satisfied with their current lives, the highest proportion since the survey item was added in 1963.
   The share of respondents who said they are satisfied or fairly satisfied with the current state of their lives stood at 73.9 pct, up 3.8 percentage points from the previous year's survey, exceeding the previous high of 72.7 pct marked in 1995.
   The latest survey also showed that 51.3 pct expressed satisfaction with their current incomes, up 3.2 points, while 46.9 pct answered the opposite, down 2.7 points. Satisfaction outstripped discontent for the first time since 1996.
   The results reflected the Japanese economy's mild recovery, a Cabinet Office official said.
   As for the outlook of their lives, 65.2 pct, or the largest proportion, expected little change, 23.1 pct forecast deterioration and 9.4 pct anticipated improvement.

(2017/08/26-20:43)