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The aid hasn't really gotten to the people who needed it most, when they needed it most.

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Harumi Taguchi, at IHS Markit. Almost 40% of the funds budgeted for cash handouts to households still haven't reached people due to Japan's complicated administrative pipeline, paperwork, incomplete application form details and a lack of staff.

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exactly. it was all just lip service

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Has it ever?

We said the same after Fukushima.

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What a farce. Will the government ever care about Japanese rather than putting their friends companies first?

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Imagine my shock! (face palm)

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Essentially the definition of government aid then.

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The level of failure here is incredible... surely they'd have put things in place before rolling it out?

"The aid hasn't really been received by the people who needed it most, when they needed it most."

There, that's better ^_^

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