A few days ago, as part of the emergency economic response policy for the new crown epidemic, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially announced that the Japanese government will issue 100,000 yen in cash to each Japanese national.
According to reports, this subsidy will be issued as soon as possible in May, and there is no income threshold, but Japanese people need to apply by post or online. Subsequently, Japan’s deputy prime minister and finance minister Taro Aso said that although there is no income threshold for this distribution, it requires residents to apply for it to receive it. He said that this is slightly different from the Japanese government ’s indispensable cash distribution to all citizens after the 2009 international financial crisis. “Only applicants can get it, and rich people may not want it.”
In addition, on April 20, Abe said at a high-level meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party that he had agreed with the cabinet that Abe himself and all cabinet officials would not apply for the 100,000 days distributed to each national. yuan.
At the same time, in order to “take out the attitude that members should have”, various parties in Japan have also started the relevant procedures for the law on the salary reduction of members of Congress. If the bill is passed, it will last for one year from May 2020, and the salary of the Japanese parliamentarians will be reduced by 20% every month.
At the Japanese government cabinet meeting on April 20, a supplementary budget for the emergency economic response policy for the new crown epidemic with a total budget of approximately 25.7 trillion yen was finalized. Earlier, the Japanese government proposed that 300,000 yen would be issued for each household of low-income families. After causing public controversy, Shinzo Abe announced the withdrawal of the plan and changed it to 100,000 yen per person.