DxP head Noriaki Imai announces the results of a survey of struggling scholarship recipients at a press conference in Tokyo on August 21, 2025. Photo: Jiji Press
According to the online survey by Osaka-based DxP, 91 pct of respondents who are receiving grant-type scholarships and seeking food aid from the Japan Student Services Organization see their livelihoods getting worse amid rising prices, with 19.8 pct of them in dire straits.
Meanwhile, no one reported a household budget increase.
In particular, 65.5 pct answered food expenses “increased” and 10.2 pct said they “increased significantly” while 56.5 pct expressed dissatisfaction at their everyday meals.
The July 1-25 survey, in which 354 people aged 18-25 gave valid responses, also found that there are struggling scholarship recipients who are skipping meals to pay rents and who are having difficulty taking more part-time jobs on concerns over the adverse effects on schoolwork.
Noting that “scholarship allowances are effectively decreasing because of inflation,” DxP head Noriaki Imai urged the government to immediately carry out emergency financial aid for students in need and then introduce an inflation-linked scholarship payment system in the medium to long run.
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