As economic measures due to the COVID-19, Japanese government provides people whose name is on the Basic Resident Register in Japan as of April 27th 2020, including foreign residents, with 100,000yen for each.
Your town or city hall will send you an application form to the address registered and you’ll send back the duly filled application form to town or city hall. If you have My Number (Individual number) card, you can do it online. Regarding the payment, in principle, it is to be transferred to an applicant’s bank account. The reception start date and the payment start date may differ depending on city or town where you live (In case of Saga city, the date is still undecided). Application deadline will be within 3 months after the application starts if you apply by post.
*This information is subject to change.
National or local government (town or city) never call you asking to go to ATM for this payment nor ask you to pay bank charge. Please be careful with payment fraud. Please refer to the information on the following page. You can find it explained in 8 languages. Saga Prefecture International Relations Association (SPIRA)
http://www.spira.or.jp/
Guide to Special Cash Payments
https://jimuboard.cc.saga-u.ac.jp/jimu/v.php?fn=jb154015hp4gfwik.pdf