the agreement on the handouts leaves their purpose vague....

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households earning a total income exceeding the specified cap can receive the handouts, while those

Fujiyoshida Mayor Shigeru Horiuchi reveals the city's plan for 100, 000-yen cash handouts for

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi, right back, and his Komeito counterpart Keiichi Ishii, left back, hold talks in the parliament in Tokyo on Nov.... LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi and his Komeito counterpart Keiichi Ishii agreed to quickly hand out the cash and then provide the vouchers toward spring, but Motegi's proposal to exclude higher income households remains up in the air.... Kishida said at a meeting Tuesday of LDP executives that he wants to" spee

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks in the parliament in Tokyo on Dec.... Kishida's government had originally planned to first give 50, 000 yen in cash and the remainder in vouchers later for children aged 18 or younger who live in households in which the primary earner's annual income is less than 9.6 million yen.... Kishida said during a Budget Committee meeting in the House of Representatives that some municipalities want to use the advantages of vouchers and the central government

became the nation’s first city in July to offer cash handouts to encourage childbirth.... The

2, 2021 photo, people walk in Tokyo's Ginza area, after the lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency.... The measure is also aimed at promoting use of the unpopular ID card system.... Komeito, the junior ruling coalition partner of the LDP, has sought for the government to provide 100, 000 yen for all children aged 18 or younger under the economic package....

Yukio Edano, 2nd from right, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, announces the party's emergency proposal to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections, at the National Diet building in Tokyo on Sept.... The CDPJ plans to submit its proposals to the government and ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, demanding the measures be implemented intensively in the next three weeks.... Among other measures requested are postponing or cancelin

, receiving generous handouts from the government, which has led to questions about whether they are