Last year the Japanese government decided on a money handout as one of the measures to stimulate the economy .
Every person that is resident in Japan, is eligible to receive a payment of 12,000 yen ( approximately $122US ).
Children under 18 years old, and older people over 65 years old receive 20,000 yen ( approximately $203US ).
This stimulus has been the subject of great debate
Granting of the payments has begun in each city, town, and village from spring this year.
In answer to questionnaires asking how people plan to spend this extraordinary income , most people answered that they planned to go shopping, go out for a meal or save it for their futures.
Department stores, small business, travel agencies etcetera are planning to have some special stimulus payment sales.
Things are bound to get a lot more lively in a short while.
今週の語彙 This week's vocabulary
■経済対策 an economic measure ■～として for , by way of, in the role ■～につきfor each one ■賛否両論賛成と不 賛成の両方an issue with pros and cons , a subject of debate ■各～each ■～に関する to concern, be concerned with, to be related to ■臨時収入special or extraordinary income ■外食to eat out ■～（の）ためにfor the sake of ■一段と もっと、ますます even more, increasingly, more and more
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