Defense chief meets U.S. congressional group
South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik (4th from L, front row) poses for a photo with a U.S. delegation of six senators, including Kirsten Gillibrand (4th from R, front row), and a representative at the defense ministry in Seoul on March 29, 2024, in this photo provided by the ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
According to this article Japanese citizens that worked even decades ago in the U.S. are receiving U.S. government sponsored coronavirus stimulus checks:
A 79-year-old man in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, received an official-looking piece of mail printed in English in late April.
The addresser was the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Inside the envelope, he found a check for $1,400 (153,000 yen).
His wife also received a check for the same amount.
They are among the Japanese recipients of U.S. stimulus checks to boost the economy during the pandemic, who are at a loss of what to do with the surprise payments.
According to a person who is related to a major bank, the bank’s call center has been inundated with inquiries about U.S. stimulus checks since May 11.
“As far as the bank is concerned, if a person wants to cash a check and the person’s identity is verified, we have to ask the U.S. side to pay,” the person said. “We don’t have a way to examine if the person is eligible to receive the check.” (…….) The man entertained the idea of pocketing the $2,800 and said to himself, “The United States has so much money to spare that it gives out (the checks) to foreigners like me who lived there about 40 years ago.”
Asahi Shimbun
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