"Minor points" supported at a special booth at the Osaka Ward Office 18:17 on September 1st
Osaka City has set up special booths related to the procedure of "minor points" at 24 ward offices in the city, and its specialized staff supports people who are unfamiliar with PC operations.
Of these, at a special booth set up at the Kita Ward Office, a cashless payment service is provided so that visitors can read my number card with a dedicated machine and receive points while learning the procedure from the staff one by one. I had chosen and had applied.
The number of people who applied for minor points at the special booth was over 16,000 last month in the city as a whole, more than double the number in June, and the number of cases is gradually increasing.
However, the acquisition rate of My Number card required to use Minor Points is only about 21% in Osaka city.
A 72-year-old man who visited the counter said, "I didn't understand how complicated the operation was when I tried to do it myself, so I came to the ward office. I am grateful that the procedure is a little easier."
Another 80-year-old woman said, "For my seniors, I would like to receive some points, so I issued a my number card to complete the procedure. The explanation was easy to understand and the procedure was successful." It was
Some say "I don't understand the system" or "Not enough information"
Regarding the “minor point”, at the Tenjinbashisuji shopping district in Kita-ku, Osaka, some business owners and customers have heard that they may not know the system or that it may be insufficiently known.
A man in his 40s said, "I've heard about the system itself, but I don't know in detail. I'm not interested and I don't want to register."
Also, the other day, a woman in her 60s who registered for the system said, “I registered because I heard that it was a good thing from a friend, but I do not know how to receive a return. Thank you for making it a little easier to understand. I was talking."
The owners of the shopping malls are not fully aware of the system, and I feel that it is hard to hold expectations for stimulating consumption.
Kengo Nakanishi, who runs a jewelery store, said, “I don't expect much to stimulate consumption, because I feel that there is less excitement compared to the cashless return campaign when raising the consumption tax rate.”
On the other hand, Kenji Tsukibe, the director of the shopping district promotion association and a stationery store owner, said, “I was interested in the system because I was in business, but I felt that the current situation is that the customers do not know well. It is a system that is very appreciated from a management perspective, so I hope it will be implemented for a long period of time to ensure that the system is well known."
Maebashi City Counseling window will be announced on the website
Maebashi City has begun a trial initiative to inform the crowdedness of the city hall window, which accepts consultations, on its website.
At Maebashi City Hall, we started a trial from day 1 to inform the congestion status on our website in order to prevent the points of application and consultation for minor points and my number cards from becoming crowded and crowded.
The staff confirms the congestion situation at the window of the city hall
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Blue with "empty" with no
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Yellow with "slightly crowded" with waiting time of 15 to 30 minutes,
▽Waiting time of 30 to 60 minutes or more "Crowd" is displayed in red.
On the 1st, the Minor Point counter remained "crowded" and displayed in red on the home page.
According to the city, there were about 750 applications for minor points in advance through the city window by 31st.
Takahito Kobayashi, Chief of Maebashi City Information Policy Division, said, "Since the start of minor points is expected to cause congestion at the counter, I would like you to check the congestion situation and come to a time when it is not crowded."