Emergency support for small businesses To uniform payment of 100,000 yen Saitama Kawaguchi April 10, 15:01

Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, has decided to provide 100,000 yen independently as an emergency support measure for small businesses that are in a severe business situation due to the spread of the new coronavirus.

Kawaguchi City will receive a flat 100,000 yen target for small businesses with less than 20 employees in the manufacturing industry and less than 5 employees in the commercial and service industries. So, even if the management deteriorates, he is a company aiming for business continuity.

According to Kawaguchi City, there are estimated to be 16,000 companies in the city, and they want to start supplying them next month after simplifying the method of ascertaining the deterioration of business as much as possible.

Kawaguchi City plans to issue a gift certificate with a premium that can be used at stores in the city as an emergency economic measure for citizens, and the business scale including the support money is expected to be about 3.5 billion yen.

Kawaguchi City says, "I'm hearing a lot of urgent business voices and want to respond flexibly as soon as possible."