☆ENGLISH ONLY☆コミュのStimulus Checks

I hope I didn't take this topic wrong...
Not sure if this is true or not, but of course they know where you are and send you reminders or ultimatums, but they can't just take action because there are too many people who haven't paid taxes and other stuff. But they are thinking that by finding their bank accounts,they can just simply seize them...
This is just what I've heard, so not sure if it's true.

Unless you are homeless or your residency belongs to outside Japan and you are temporarily visit Japan, the Japanese government finds out at least where you live.

I have no idea how non-Japanese register their residency. When Japanese citizen moves to another city, the first thing this person might do is to go to the city hall and register his whereabouts with the city. According to this information, the Japanese government tracks us down.

Very simple, no conspiracy theory.

I'd prefer that Aso san would send me a working visa, then I'd surely spent much more then \12,000 a month, my word on it

Well, we are all numeraized when government constructed electlic residency card system of Japanese people at the city level in return of convenience, that people can get copy of their residency card from anywhere they live. (We used to have to go to city office in person to get it.) They just copied American system to create this system as they longed before despite all kinds of discussions on the media and so on. And that system is also connected to pention system so that basically Japanese government know whereabout of their people with thier identity code(no). I think resistered no of pension system is what it is.

The thing is those system has huge mistakes about numbering people and its details of the record of pension payment. Now you can understand how goverment know about whereabout and income of their people. As you may have seen the many news about correction of pension records, we may not get correct amount of pension we have already payed. God knows what, I think.

About the summiting bank records, goverment need to know that in which bank accounts people have, goverment would be able to transfer the money they need to give. So that we need to give the detail of one of our bank accounts we have. That is all about it.

In addition, just for the record here, reduction of pension payment plan, which is already decided by Kasumigaseki, has been posted at law lerated offices since 20years at least. So there are many people who know what's coming in the future about 20years ago already, but I never have hard of that news about this on Japanese media so far, perhaps not to get Japanese people in social panic at once. That is how Kasumigaseki run the country I haerd.

I thank God that goverment has not decide to cut out all pension yet to
introduce 401K system from USA though it has been talked a lot on the media. Perhaps, this hediouse resession could save Japanese pension system regarding Japanese national charactaristics. We tends to copy each other's doing for the harmonic environment, but that means all people buy and sell same stocks at once so that Japanese stock market could crush so often if 401K is introduced to Japan. Scarely, isn't it? Now world wide stock market is connected electlically・・・so, now you can get prepared to protect your asset, I suppose.

But please not to worry too much. We have our cash at home and that is really huge amount of money; almost equivalent of the overdrafted Japanese govermental money.(Kind of national stock is what I am trying to mean. I do not have English dictionary now. Very sorry!) We shall be OK hopefully!

Japan doesn't use checks. How is the government supposed to give you money without knowing your bank account, other than just sending paper money by mail?

Non native Japanese people also register their residence at their local office.

We also carry our Alien Registration Card at all times (more commonly known as a Gaijin Card). It has info like bday, place of birth, visa status etc.

You're also required to update your gaijin card any time you change address... Unless you're breaking the rules, the government ought to know where to find you.


NHK, on the other hand...

My wife and I just got our notice in the mail the other day for our stimulus money. The funny thing is, this was intended to help boost the Japanese economy, but since many Japanese people got that money right before Golden Week, I know a lot of people who took their 12,000JPY, and spent it overseas on the GW trip... Some other people have said that they intend to pay off some debts, so from what I can tell, not a whole lot of that money given out by the government is going back to store merchants and what not.

I'm not 100% sure, but if every Japanese citizen or foreign national working in Japan (students too?) is supposed to be able to receive this money, how are they intending to get the homeless people (the people that SHOULD be getting this) their money?

Personal opinion, even if people use the money to
pay off debts it's money into the economy being
distributed much more widely than if the government
used targeted aid.
In Australia every person who has paid tax in Australia
and earns less than $100,000 per year is receiving
$900. It's costing megabucks but it seems to be
having a positive effect.
Even if people spend the money overseas it will do
some good. I know a few Australians who are travelling
to Japan and they will spend their $900 in Japan. Maybe
some Japanese travel to Australia and spend their 12,000-en
here. In the end it will all even out.
I think it's a mistake to look at what is happening at the
moment as a localised issue. It's a world wide issue and
countries in the G20 particularly the United States and
China are the key.