Their article revealed how a new and "complex research exercise" had identified some 371, 000 foreign-born residents who receive some kind of welfarepayment.
What the charts vividly illustrate is that old age social welfare programs and interest and principal payment on debt, even at close ultra-low interest rates, account for close to 70 percent of national government spending in Japan.
The UK government has said the Welfare Reform Bill would save billions of pounds by replacing Disability Living Allowance with a personal independence payment and replacing a range of other benefits with a single universal credit.
Ministers say it marks the beginning of a fundamental cultural shift in the welfare system, but critics have raised concerns about the computer system and the switch to a single monthly payment.