The Cabinet Office’s announcement that life satisfaction is at an “all-time high” has sparked anger and suspicion， with some even calling it “fraudulent．”
* Published on 8/11 (Sun) 18:45 smartflash On August 9, the Cabinet Office released the “2024 Survey Report on Satisfaction and Quality of Life.” Kyodo News reported this under the headline “Life satisfaction reaches record high, rising for third consecutive year in Cabinet Office survey,” which sparked a flood of angry voices on the Internet at the stark discrepancy between the survey results and reality. The survey was conducted online in February 2024 among approximately 10,000 people, and asked participants to rate their level of satisfaction with their current lives on a scale of 0 to 10. The overall average for “overall life satisfaction” was 5.89, up 0.1 points from the previous year, the highest ever. The Kyodo News article also cited the analysis of a Cabinet Office official, who said that “the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and wage increases may have been factors.” An economics reporter said: “When you see phrases like ’the highest level’ and ’the highest ever’ in the survey report, it gives the impression that the economy is doing very well, but in reality there are a number of things that are questionable. First, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s Monthly Labor Statistics Report, real wages in June 2024 turned positive for the first time in 27 months, but as of February real wages were still negative compared to the same month last year. Given this situation, when a survey says that ’life satisfaction is at an all-time high,’ it doesn’t really ring a bell, and it seems difficult to take the Cabinet Office survey at face value.” And that’s not all. Continue reading below Related threads [Up] Life satisfaction reaches record high for 3 consecutive years… [bfu★] ※Previous thread “Absolutely impossible” Cabinet Office announces “record high” life satisfaction, sparking anger and suspicion, even accusations of “fraud” [Gure★] ★ 2024/08/12 (Mon) 21:11:59.45.
This Cabinet Office, a bunch of people who live in a different dimension than the common people, should teach them about Japan and how Japanese people live lol.
I often see things like “80% of the population is struggling to make ends meet” and it seems like the country is out of touch with reality. Do they understand the common people?
Ten years later, it will be said that under the Kishida administration, salaries rose, stock prices reached new highs, and public satisfaction was at its highest.
No one would believe this Are they stupid? The national tax rate is effectively over 50% and prices are rising unabated Normally, even the rich aren’t satisfied with their lives It’s a sneaky way of pretending to be very satisfied that things have improved since they were terrible lol.
The internet is at the bottom, so it can’t be helped. Even in America, there is an explosion of discontent on the internet, but the S&P 500 points are high and consumer confidence is high.
>>53 The richer they are, the more stingy they are Poor people don’t understand this They think they have more money because they have it Poor people spend money quickly Rich people are worried about even losing a single yen.
The same thing was said at the height of the bubble economy. There is data showing that 40% of people are struggling to get enough rice to eat tomorrow. If you don’t have the same standard of living as those around you, you’re poor. In the past, it was compared to the people around you, but now it’s compared to the exaggerated state you put on social media.
When the government talks about citizens, it means… employees of big companies, bureaucrats and politicians, and national civil servants. There’s a difference in perception lol.
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