Coronavirus-related support programs

 

(In Takasaki, as of 27th May 2020)

 

*Residents of other cities should call their own city

or the national hotline number

 

 

Support Type Eligibility Program Name Description Contact (in Takasaki)
Benefits All people registered as residents of Takasaki on 27th April 2020 Special cash payment
特別定額給付金		 JPY100,000 per recipient
Applications were sent out in June 2020		 Takasaki Special Cash Payment Office 027-321-1249
or National Hotline
0120-260-020
Households with children 0 to 15 years (junior high school) Special benefit to households raising children
子育て世帯への臨時特別給付金
 JPY10,000 per child – No application necessary, was paid in June to eligible accounts of families receiving the child allowance (jido teate) in April 2020 Children & Families Division
027-321-1247
or National Hotline
0120-271-381
People who cannot pay rent and are at risk of losing housing Housing security benefit
住居確保給付金		 Pay a portion of your rent for you, directly to your landlord for 3 months (up to 9 months in eligible cases) Social Welfare Division
027-321-1302
or National Hotline
0120-23-5572
Foreign students Emergency student support handout for continuing studies
学生支援緊急給付金		 JPY100,000 to 200,000 Student Administration Office
of your school
Loan People who can bearly make their ends meet Temporary loan
emergency funds
緊急小口資金
総合支援資金
 Single-person households: JPY650,000 maximum
Households of two or more people: JPY800,000 maximum　		 Takasaki City Council of Social Welfare (Shakai Fukushi Kyogikai) 027-370-8855
or National Hotline 0120-46-1999
Extension/
Reduction or Exemption		 People who cannot pay insurance premiums, national/prefectural/
municipal taxes, or utility bills		 Reduction or extension of payment deadline for your taxes Reduction or extension of the national health insurance premiums (kokumin kenko hoken), long-term care insurance premiums (kaigo hoken), national pension premiums (kokumin nenkin) Insurance & Pension Division
027-321-1238
Extension of payment deadline for your taxes Extension of your national/prefectural/municipal taxes due National Tax:0120-948-249
City Tax: 027-321-1226
Extension of payment deadline for utility bills Extension of your electricity, gas, telephone, NHK, and other utility bills due Your power/water/gas utility company
Residential
Status
(visa)		 Period of stay is about to be expired; have a residential status pending Extension of your period
of stay		 Residential status application period is extended Takasaki Branch Office,
Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau
027-328-1154
Period of receiving application screening results is extended
Cannot return to home country Change of your
residential status		 Residential status can be changed