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Jul 8, 2020

Economic relief from your municipality.

I received some small breaks on water/sewer bills and waste disposal. In my city, Noda. https://www.city-cost.com/blogs/TonetoEdo/zKPj4-living_noda_shi_chiba Have you gotten relief from your municipality? Do these relief measures make a difference for you?

TonetoEdo

TonetoEdo

Living between the Tone and Edo Rivers in Higashi Katsushika area of Chiba Prefecture.

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  • genkidesu

    on Jul 9

    Nothing that I know of here, yet. Did you have to apply, or was it something they just did automatically? I think it's great when companies understand that right now is tough financially on a lot of households. Kudos to Noda City for looking out for their residents!

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  • ReishiiTravels

    on Jul 9

    Nothing in yet in Gifu either!

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  • TonetoEdo

    on Jul 9

    @genkidesu No application was required. My neighbor mentioned the suspension of the water and sewer bills a few weeks ago, but the extra garbage bag voucher was a surprise. A tiny surprise.

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  • genkidesu

    on Jul 9

    @TonetoEdo it all helps! Hope it spans to other regions across Japan, too.

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  • TonetoEdo

    on Jul 9

    @ReishiiTravels Prefectures have budget concerns, but the tax and breaks like this are at city level. The tax and municipal services are so different from city to city.

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  • Eli

    on Jul 10

    I live in Tokyo and we pay utilities just as we used to and have to buy garbage bag regularly. It is a nice gesture of your city.

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  • TonetoEdo

    on Jul 10

    @Eli It sure looks like we are getting extra care from City Hall. My friends in a city in Ibaraki Prefecture merely got extra masks, and that was about it.

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  • MommyRam

    on Jul 10

    Wow! Good to know your municipality does that. In our area, the City Government gave out a one-time finance aid for each child in the household, on top of the quarterly welfare benefit. We are grateful for simple, unexpected blessings such as that.

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  • TonetoEdo

    on Jul 10

    @MommyRam A few months ago, Noda City provided a one-time benefit to single parents.

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  • Kobakko

    on Jul 14

    Nothing in my municipality, either. But there's special support for business owners. I appreciate that, even if I don't benefit from it directly.

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  • JapanRamen

    on Jul 14

    Good for you! Nothing here as far as I know, and kinda doubt there will be anything extra.

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  • BigfamJapan

    on Jul 14

    Not on utilities no, but we have got quite a lot for the kids. For example, the primary school aged kids each got a book of vouchers for free food at participating restaurants / conbini etc worth 3000 yen (per book). They each got a box of masks. We got a one off additional payment of 10,000 each from the kotate and there was also another deposit in our bank book (other than the 100,000 each) from the town that we can't find a letter about! It was something like 24,000 yen so we were thinking maybe 6000 each for the kids for something. We were getting it from all angles at one stage!

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