[Update, Sep 2] It's confirmed. The local government of Chiyoda ward has approved a supplementary budget of about ¥8.6 billion, which will be used to provide its 66,000 registered residents with a cash handout of ¥120,000 each. Application forms will be sent to each household from November, with payments scheduled to be made from December onwards. Applications will only be accepted by mail. To receive the coronavirus relief payment, you have to be a registered Chiyoda ward resident as of April 27 2020. Babies born in the ward until April 1 2021 are also eligible to receive the cash handout. For updates, see Chiyoda ward’s official website (in Japanese only).
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[July 28] After Tokyo’s Shinagawa ward announced a cash handout of ¥30,000 to each of its residents, the capital’s Chiyoda ward is looking to follow suit. The ward has proposed a supplementary budget on July 27 to provide ¥120,000 to each of its 66,000 registered residents. As NHK (Japanese only) reports, the additional payment, which exceeds the national government's ¥100,000 per person coronavirus stimulus, is aimed at revitalising the ward’s economy, which has been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The total cost of the stimulus is expected to be around ¥8.15 billion and will be covered by the financial adjustment fund, otherwise known as Chiyoda ward’s savings. If the supplementary budget proposal is approved, the cash handout will be paid from October 2020.
Applications for the stimulus will only be accepted by mail. However, the application period as well as the date when the documents will be sent to each household have yet to be announced. According to the NHK report, babies born before April 1 2021 will also be eligible for the ¥120,000 cash handout.
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