More Tokyo residents dissatisfied with their lives

A survey has found that the number of Tokyo residents who are dissatisfied with their lives has topped the number of those who are satisfied for the first time in 32 years.

The Tokyo Metropolitan government conducted the annual survey in August covering residents aged 20 or over. More than 2,000 people responded.

50.1 percent of respondents said they are dissatisfied while 45.4 percent said they are satisfied.

Of those feeling dissatisfaction, 63.4 percent cited a lack of adequate savings.

The respondents who said their lives are worse off than a year earlier accounted for 46.8 percent, the second highest figure following the record set in 1976 shortly after the oil crisis.