471,000 applications for cash handouts sent back with wrong addresses

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TOKYO, July 3 Kyodo -
A total of 471,567 applications for the government's pump-priming cash handout
program have been sent back to municipalities as they were incorrectly
addressed as of last Friday, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry
said Friday.
The ministry said it will step up its publicity to call on households who have
not received the cash benefits of up to 20,000 yen per person to file their
applications as they are feared to fail to receive them.
Meanwhile, a survey showed 86.0 percent of households in 1,798 cities, towns
and other municipalities across the country have received the cash handouts
which have totaled 1,772.6 billion yen as of last Friday.
The municipalities began providing the cash benefits in March to cover about
54.8 million households under the government's economic stimulus plan.
Of the applications sent back, 73,000 were sent to foreigners, who have often
failed to provide moving notices to municipalities in urban and other areas.
The households will lose their right to receive the cash handouts unless they
file applications in six months after the municipalities began to accept
applications.
==Kyodo