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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The aid hasn't really gotten to the people who needed it most, when they needed it most.
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Aly Rustom
exactly. it was all just lip service
HBJ
Has it ever?
We said the same after Fukushima.
Cricky
What a farce. Will the government ever care about Japanese rather than putting their friends companies first?
kyushubill
Imagine my shock! (face palm)
mikeylikesit
Essentially the definition of government aid then.
Thunderbird2
The level of failure here is incredible... surely they'd have put things in place before rolling it out?
There, that's better ^_^