1.6 Low Life Satisfaction

According to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development's "Your Better Life Index", only 40 percent of the Japanese are satisfied with their lives. 40 percent of Japanese thinks that their lives will be satisfactory five years later. In the area of health, only 33 percent of the Japanese said that they see themselves as healthy. However, the Japanese have good readings on the topics of safety and education. Only 2 percent said they were subjected to violence, and 87 percent of adults had graduated from high school or the equivalent. The Japanese feel unhappy with their lives more than those by the people of 33 OECD member countries.

I doubt why only 40 percent of the Japanese are satisfied their lives. I think that there are too many hidden issues in the area of life and health (insurance, medical treatment, and others). In the area of health, medical expenses have been rising for a long time, because the mental treatments are improved and improved medical equipments cost high. It make people difficult to see doctors. In the area of life, the observations on the affiliation of some people for the pensions, a part of social insurance, are still missing because of the problem in integration of the pension numbers on the basic pensions and the welfare pensions. That causes that they can less pension. The Japanese government must improve our satisfaction by doing what it can do.