Aso's Y12,000 cash handout bill enacted; Koizumi avoids punishment

Wednesday 04th March, 02:32 PM JST

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realist at 07:04 PM JST - 4th March

We foreign residents are entitled to it as well - we do pay taexes, after all, even though we have few other human rights here.
realist at 07:06 PM JST - 4th March

That being said, I think this plan is the most ridioculous thing to have emanated from the corrupt, Fascist LDP ever. It is nothing short of mass bribery. They want the votes of the Japanese people in the upcoming election, nothing else. They are wrecking this country and should be booted out as soon as possible.
iraira at 07:26 PM JST - 4th March

I'm gonna spend it in another country.
kanadamanada at 08:29 PM JST - 4th March

I'm gonna spend mine and the wife's on Ebay. In your face, TARO!
USB at 09:39 PM JST - 4th March

I'm gonna spend mine in Juso. 12,000 yen should get me 90 minutes and have some change left over.
Yelnats at 09:51 PM JST - 4th March

¥12,000 yen is peanuts. 120 packs of 100 yen peanuts.
Disillusioned at 10:19 PM JST - 4th March

Yep, well! As the revolving door of Japanese political leadershi spins I would gladly put my support behind Koizumi. He may not be the best man for the job nor his political stance be the best for the naive voters of Japan. However, the man has great hair and should be Prime Minister. - It makes as much sense as any other politically motivated objection to the current leader. What's his name?
Betting at 11:44 PM JST - 4th March

I'm still wondering how this money is going to save the Japanese economy. But I digress, anyway, I'm going to put my money in a big hole in the ground in my backyard and hopefully a money tree will spring from it.
Philmoscowitz at 01:23 AM JST - 5th March

12,000 yen, wahoo! i'm going on an over night bender in the 'Pong!
Philmoscowitz at 01:27 AM JST - 5th March

by the way, when can we pick it up?!
Gaijinocchio at 08:51 AM JST - 5th March

Should've been in vouchers or coupons only redeemable in Japan, not cash, to stop all of us from taking the money overseas or simply stashing it away.

Poor planning. The Ozawa secretary scandal will get more votes for LDP than this. Keep it up, LDP!
Simon_Foston at 11:09 AM JST - 5th March

Following the enactment of the bill, the Liberal Democratic Party decided not to punish former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for abstaining in a revote for a bill, LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda told reporters Wednesday.

If the LDP leaders had any backbone or confidence in their own policies, they'd order him to support the bills or leave the party.
Scrote at 08:53 AM JST - 6th March

Not only will the money have to be paid back in the future (with interest), but taxpayers will also have to pay back the larger amounts given to the elderly, predominantly LDP voters who don't pay taxes.
Simon_Foston at 07:50 AM JST - 8th March

Not only will the money have to be paid back in the future (with interest), but taxpayers will also have to pay back the larger amounts given to the elderly, predominantly LDP voters who don't pay taxes.

Why are all those old folk getting anything anyway? Everyone knows they've all got stacks and stacks of cash hidden in socks under their beds. It's them who should be giving the rest of us the money, not the government.
oreoreda at 02:14 PM JST - 9th March

Does anyone know how the money is actually going to be distributed? Will you have to go to the kuyakusho for it?