Is there evidence of Osaka fudging the numbers?Our work at home "experiment" ends Tuesday, and because Osaka's fudging numbers and our work slows down significantly due to the nature of it, we'll probably be right back in the soup.
Is there evidence of Osaka fudging the numbers?Our work at home "experiment" ends Tuesday, and because Osaka's fudging numbers and our work slows down significantly due to the nature of it, we'll probably be right back in the soup.
I live in Osaka, and my company is telling me I need to report to my schools next week to meet the staff. Japanese Teachers are still going into school in Osaka regardless of the state of emergency. However, my company's office employees are able to work from home starting next week. While they get to stay home, they throw the ALTs into the fire.
700 new cases confirmed today
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Japan coronavirus infections top 7,700 | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan has exceeded 7,700 as of Tuesday morning. The figure includes people found positive in airport quarantine checks, health ministry officials and those who returned to Japan on chartered planes.www3.nhk.or.jp
from 7000 yesterday to 7700 today!
state of emergency is not working at all!
Have they started doing more thorough testing in JP or is it as low as it was?
Osaka City is asking people to donate unused raincoats and ponchos as they are running out of PPE.
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Osaka asks citizens for raincoats amid shortage of protective gear
The Osaka city government requested Tuesday that citizens offer unused raincoats as an alternative to protective gear that is in short supply at medical institutions amid a surge in coronavirus infections. In issuing the request, Mayor Ichiro Matsui said medical professionals at some...japantoday.com
Edit: English language source
They had three months to prepare for this. What were they doing with our tax dollars?
They had three months to prepare for this. What were they doing with our tax dollars?
About bloody time. Not that it really means anything based on the complete disregard for it in Tokyo anyway.Just announced. - All prefectures will have a state of emergency issued.
That's why they didn't want to do anything because they wanted the olympics to somehow go on
About bloody time. Not that it really means anything based on the complete disregard for it in Tokyo anyway.
Any requirement for that? Would gaijin even be able to get any?On the plus side theres going to be a ¥100,000 hand out to everyone.
I've read about the handout but I'm not sure if I'd qualify. Foreign resident, working full time despite the SoE, 8 figure salary (yen!).Its still scheduled to be lifted on May 6th with the whole country expected to go back to normal, which is insane. Hopefully they'll extend it if the daily numbers dont go down, but with this government I doubt it.
On the plus side theres going to be a ¥100,000 hand out to everyone.
I never considered the possibility of being eligible, but I think since we're very clearly not "kokumin", we shouldn't have to pay "kokumin nenkin" :PUnless they change the current language of the stipend, "kokumin" (the stipend target) does not include foreigners by definition. Will be interesting to see how the final language reads.
The stipend of 2011 clearly specified foreigners (long-term, non-illegals) as being eligible.
I never considered the possibility of being eligible, but I think since we're very clearly not "kokumin", we shouldn't have to pay "kokumin nenkin" :P
Hah. Good point.
They just announced on tv that the stipend will go to "all kokumin" regardless of income. Curious as to how children will be handled.
Politically, disbursing the stipend to Japanese nationals only would not go against the greater global trend of "take care of our own" in current circumstances, so I could see the Abe administration getting away with it (Zainichi, etc. would make a fuss though).
I fear there will be tax consequences for accepting the stipend though, so I hope they clarify that and perhaps offer an alternative (tax deduction come next year, etc.).
Edit: At this stage, it seems only the Japanese Communist Party (opposition party) is pushing for the stipend to include foreigners.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200416/k10012390601000.html
Confirmed a teacher in Gifu city has it, literally did not take a week. Why the heck are they making these people come in.
Hopefully it does include foreigners, at least those on long-term/spouse visas with families in Japan. If it doesn't why the hell do we have to pay so much tax only for us to be excluded when it comes to national hand outs?
Went over 200 in Tokyo for the first time today.
Prime Minister Abe is having a press conference three minutes from now.
International Students count as gaijin. Do we get 100000 Abe Smuckaroos too???Looks like us gaijin are going to get the stimulus package
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20200417-00010019-huffpost-soci
Looks like us gaijin are going to get the stimulus package
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20200417-00010019-huffpost-soci
International Students count as gaijin. Do we get 100000 Abe Smuckaroos too???
International Students count as gaijin. Do we get 100000 Abe Smuckaroos too???
You know, I've had this asked a few times. One during school for something, another for when I applied for an arubaito. I don't really know or remember if I do have one, but considering I got hired, a big probably? Again, I don't really know.
Really? Man, I don't know why people hate Abe. Such a generous guy.
You know, I've had this asked a few times. One during school for something, another for when I applied for an arubaito. I don't really know or remember if I do have one, but considering I got hired, a big probably? Again, I don't really know.
Really? Man, I don't know why people hate Abe. Such a generous guy.
Did you received a 通知カード some weeks after you registrered for the first time at the City office of the ward where you are living? As far as I know, you can use that as a My Number Card.You know, I've had this asked a few times. One during school for something, another for when I applied for an arubaito. I don't really know or remember if I do have one, but considering I got hired, a big probably? Again, I don't really know.
Really? Man, I don't know why people hate Abe. Such a generous guy.
I applied to work 2 months ago, started working last month and made a bank account AFTER my 2nd or 3rd day of working IIRC. Then told my boss just 2 weeks ago I can't work the rest of this month because of various reasons (school said not to travel outside of Tochigi, international program would be cancelled if even 1 international student got Corona, etc).I'm an international student without a bank account in Japan and I don't have a job. would I be elegible for the stimulus?
Did you received a 通知カード some weeks after you registrered for the first time at the City office of the ward where you are living? As far as I know, you can use that as a My Number Card.
After reworking the extra budget, the government is expected to have a revised version approved by the Cabinet on April 20 and submitted to parliament around April 27.
I'm an international student without a bank account in Japan and I don't have a job. would I be elegible for the stimulus?