Attention: Foreigners who were previously ineligible for \100,000 special cash payments. Japan has changed the eligibility on 20th May.
Posted:June 9, 2020
Foreigners are eligible to receive 100,000 yen per person.
Due to the Covid-19 situation, the government will give 100,000 yen to every person living in Japan.
Those that are eligible to receive the 100,000 yen are those who are listed in the Basic Resident Register as of 27th April. Foreigners are also eligible.
※ The period and method of application differs between municipalities.
↓ Multilingual information is available. (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
○English(英語)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/18_document_en.pdf
○中文(中国語・簡体字)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/19_document_zh-CN.pdf
○中文(中国語・繁体字)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/20_document_zh-TW.pdf
○한국어(韓国語)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/21_document_ko-KR.pdf
○Tiếng Việt(ベトナム語)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/22_document_vi-VN.pdf
○Tagalog(タガログ語)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/23_document_tl-PH.pdf
○ภาษาไทย(タイ語)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/27_document_th-TH.pdf
○Bahasa indonesia(インドネシア語)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/26_document_id-ID.pdf
○Português(ポルトガル語)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/24_document_pt-BR.pdf
○Español(スペイン語)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/25_document_es-ES.pdf
○にほんご
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/doc/17_document_ja-JP.pdf
Ministry of Justice webpage (Japanese)
https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/ja-JP/index.html
※ There is also an explanation of the Basic Resident Register. (Japanese)
https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/jichi_gyousei/c-gyousei/zairyu/
Besides the above, there is also another website with multilingual explanations.
Multilanguage Center FACIL
https://tcc117.jp/facil/200424-10man.html
Attention: Foreigners who were previously ineligible for \100,000 special cash payments.
Japan has changed the eligibility on 20th May.
Multilingual explanations are available on the following website: