Attention Technical Interns,
The Japanese government will provide 100,000 yen (Special Fixed Benefit) to combat the newcoronavirus. The 100,000 yen will also be paid to technical intern trainees who are registered as
residents as of April 27.
If your period of stay has expired in March or April, or if your status of residence has changed to
Short-term Stay or Designated Activities, you may be eligible for the allowance in some cases.
*You can read the government's multilingual (12 Languages) "guidance" in the link below.
https://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_seisaku/gyoumukanri_sonota/covid-19/kyufukin.html
To ensure that all technical intern trainees receive 100,000 yen, the Government of Japan has issued
notices to ensure that companies and supervising organizations properly support the application
procedures for technical intern trainees themselves. If you are having trouble with the application
procedure, please ask the company and the supervising organization for their cooperation.
(1) Receive an application
The application form will be sent to you by mail from the city office where you live.
① Check the mail.
② To make it easier for your mail to reach you, you should either set up a separate post box foreach technical intern trainee or ask your company/supervising organization to indicate thename of the technical intern trainee on the post box.
③ If you do not receive the application form, ask the company or the supervising organization.
(2) After receiving the application form①

On the application form, write your name, phone number if you have one, and bank account.

②

Make a copy of your residence card (front and back), bank passbook, or cash card.

③ Mail ① and ② to the city office where you live.
Please refer to the following multilingual instructions on how to write the application form in thelink below. (The application form is not multilingual.)
https://www.facebook.com/rinkosakanetwork/?modal=composer&notify_field=profile_picture
If you need the cooperation of your company or cooperative to fill out an application form, copy adocument, or post it, please ask them for their cooperation.
(3) If you do not have a bank accountIf you do not have a bank account, you can receive the 100,000 yen in cash at the city hall where you
live. Ask your company or supervising organization for support to get it directly at the city office.

(4) Attentionl

The application procedure is carried out by the technical intern trainee himself/herself, and100,000 yen is transferred to a bank account in the name of the technical intern trainee. Pleasebe careful with brokers who ask you to pay a fee for them to complete the procedure for you.

l

You will not receive a phone call or email from the city office before you send the application
form. Please be careful not to be deceived. If your company or supervising organization asks
you to sign a document which you are not sure about before receiving your application, youmust not sign it without knowing exactly what the form is for.

lIf your company or supervising organization does not support your application process andtakes away your application, please contact us. At the same time, please contact us when yourcompany or supervising organization forces you to apply for the payment via a proxy organizedby them, and when your company or supervising organization pressures you to pay a proxy fee.

Contact: Network for the Rights of Technical Intern Trainees（NRTIT）
Gaikokujin	 Gino	 Jisshusei	 Kenri	 Network（外国人技能実習生権利ネットワーク＝がいこくじんぎのうじっしゅうせいけんりねっとわーく）	 
Address:	 3F,	 1-12-6,	 Ueno,	 Taito-ku,	 Tokyo	 	 
TEL:	 03-3836-9061	 	 
★Sapporo	 Chiiki	 Roso（札幌地域労組＝さっぽろちいきろうそ）	 
Address:	 Jichiro	 Kaikan	 3F,	 7-5-3,	 6	 Jo	 Nishi,	 Kita-ku,	 Sapporo	 city,	 Hokkaido	  	 TEL：011-756-7790	 	 	 	 E-mail：sgu@s-union.gr.jp	 
https://www.facebook.com/sunion.sapporogeneralunion	 
★Zen	 Toitsu	 Rodo	 Kumiai（全統一労働組合＝ぜんとういつろうどうくみあい）	 
Address:	 3F,	 1-12-6,	 Ueno,	 Taito-ku,	 Tokyo	 	 
TEL:	 03-3836-9061	 	 	 	 E-mail：zwu@nifty.com	 
★Gifu	 Ippan	 Rodo	 Kumiai	 Gaikokujin	 Sodan	 Center（岐阜一般労働組合外国人相談セン
ター＝ぎふいっぱんろうどうくみあいがいこくじんそうだんせんたー）	 
Address:	 3-36,	 Hirakata,Fukuju-Cho,Hashima-City,Gifu	 
TEL：090-8496-9668	 
★RINK（りんく）	 
Address:	 201,	 1-2-11,	 Uchihonmachi,	 Chuo-ku,	 Osaka-shi,	 Osaka	  	  	  	 TEL：06-6910-7103	 	 	 E-mail：rink@a.email.ne.jp	 
https://www.facebook.com/rinkosakanetwork/?modal=composer&notify_field=profile_p
icture	 ★Scrum	 Union	 Hiroshima（スクラムユニオン・ひろしま＝すくらむゆにおん・ひろしま）	 
Address:	 1-3-16,	 Futabanosato,	 Higashi-Ku,	 Hiroshima-city,	 Hiroshima	  	  	  	 TEL：0120-501-581	 	 	 	 E-mail：scrum_u34@ybb.ne.jp	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100049079405163	 
★Union	 Kitakyushu（ユニオン北九州＝ゆにおんきたきゅうしゅう）	 
Address:	 1-7-7,	 Manazuru,	 Kokurakita-ku,	 Kitakyushu-city,	 Fukuoka	  	  	 TEL：0120-501-581	 	 	 	 E-mail：union-k@joy.ocn.ne.jp	 
https://www.facebook.com/unionkitakyushu/	 ★Federation	 of	 Workers'	 Union	 of	 the	 Burmese	 Citizen	 in	 Japan(FWUBC)	 (在日ビルマ
市民労働組合＝ざいにちびるましみんろうどうくみあい)	 	  	  	  	 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1501089953442101/?ref=share