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The Japanese government has passed an economic stimulus plan that will give away 12,000 yen in cash to almost everyone in Japan. If you are living in Japan, check out this page for info on how to claim your free money!

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10 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - March 7, 2009 at 7:09 am

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William

12,000 yen? is that enough to make a difference

Ikunochan

I sure won’t be turning my nose up at it! ^_^ Great news!
The Overthinker

Not really. Students will like it. It’s not really enough to make a significant difference in any real sense, but it’s a bit of cash to pump into the system, since the logical method of not taking as much in the first place is too sensible.

Gaijinocchio

Would’ve made more sense to put the money in vouchers or coupons only redeemable in Japan.

This cold-hard cash is going overseas once the yen inevitably strengthens!

niels

The yen strengthens more? damn, I hope not…

http://silvyapatricia.blogspot.com/ silvyapatricia

good, I have an alien registration card
lets try it to see if is true or not jiji
http://www.zdwonline.de Haf

That’s just great! I’m going on a trip with my girlfriend and she was complaining that she doesn’t have that much money.Now she can have some more.
But it’s too bad that I don’t have an alien registration card anymore. I guess you can’t claim the money with a tourist visa. ^^
http://www.gamersblock.net Michael

I bet microsoft is hoping people spend the yen on Xbox’s.
Mark

A lot of people will be saving the cash for a rainy day if they are worried about their jobs or use it paying higher utility bills. The payments are a long way short of what’s needed to stimulate the economy.
Darien Shields

Man, I still haven’t gotten a letter from my local area. I’m wondering if they’re just hoping Foreigners won’t hear about it and claim…

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