Edogawa-ku, Tokyo 100,000 yen uniform payment Already paid to 13,000 households May 19 18:33

Regarding "Special Fixed-Amount Benefits" that uniformly pays 100,000 yen in cash, in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, in order to provide benefits to people with a high degree of urgency as soon as possible, secure a budget that can be paid on behalf of the national government, and application procedures By setting up a call center that responds to inquiries, we have already paid for 13,000 households out of approximately 340,000 households.

Regarding the "special fixed benefit" that uniformly pays 100,000 yen in cash, in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, in order to provide people with high urgency as soon as possible, at the same time as the national supplementary budget proposal was established, We have set up a system that allows us to make payments on behalf of the country by punishing them with a strict decision.

Also, after selecting a staff with know-how to form a project team, we opened a call center with a capacity of 100 people on the 1st of this month to respond to telephone consultations, etc. In addition to encouraging applications at, we are in the process of sending an application form.

As a result, by the 17th, out of 347,000 households in the ward, 12,902 households had already been paid.

However, for those who are not in a hurry to receive benefits, the application will be sent in late May.

Masahiro Shiraki, Manager of the Welfare Promotion Section of Edogawa Ward, said, “We are working on the whole agency system to meet the requests of the inhabitants as soon as possible. The call center is doing smoothly, but the benefits to many households are yet to come. I'm sure that 100,000 yen will arrive, so I would like you to wait calmly. "

Residents who received 100,000 yen

On the SNS, there are a series of reports from the residents of Edogawa who have already received the special fixed benefit.

Of these, a man from Edogawa Ward, who was transferred on the 16th of this month, wrote on Twitter that "100,000 yen was transferred. Is it quite early?"

In the reply section, I could see some envious messages such as "I'm from my area from 28th" and "I haven't even contacted you yet".

A man said that he was applying online on the 1st of this month, "I thought that the transfer would be around the end of the month, so it was unexpectedly early," he said.

Also, a man running the company wrote on Twitter this month, “Online application, I received a payment today. It was really fast!” On Twitter this month.

A man applied online on the 8th of this month, and 400,000 yen was transferred from his ward, including his wife and two children.

Men said their income has dropped to less than half due to the influence of corona. It's a great help because I stay at home and pay for food. "