Japan hometown tax donations fell to ¥487 billion in 2019 with new curbs
The total amount of money collected under the furusato nozei hometown donation system in fiscal 2019 totaled ¥487.5 billion, down from some ¥512.7 billion in the preceding year, Jiji Press learned Tuesday. The furusato nozei system allows people to make donations to local governments of ...
Ministry to let excluded areas rejoin Japan's hometown donation system
The decision comes after the Supreme Court nixed the government's decision to exclude the city because of the expensive return gifts it sends to donors.
Cabin crew trainees help city compile Japan's cash handout paperwork
As flights have been canceled, new airline staff are working to help ensure residents can receive government's ¥100,000 in emergency relief.
Osaka Prefecture city's removal from hometown tax scheme ruled valid
A court Thursday ruled that the government acted lawfully in removing a city that offered extravagant gift incentives to attract tax-deductible donations from the furusato nōzei (hometown tax) program, marking a first in the conflict between the central and local governments over the program. The ...
Western Japan city to sue ministry after being excluded from hometown tax donation system
The city of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, will file a lawsuit against the internal affairs ministry in a bid to reverse a decision to remove the city from the revised furusato nōzei (hometown tax donation) system, Mayor Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu said Friday. "The ministry's decision to exclude ...
Ministry confirms city in Osaka Prefecture will be barred from hometown tax donation system
The internal affairs ministry said Thursday it is sticking with its decision to exclude the city of Izumisano from the revised furusato nōzei hometown tax donation system. The ministry concluded again that the Osaka Prefecture city, does not qualify after failing to follow a ministry ...
10 injured as minibus carrying disabled people tumbles off road in Osaka
A minibus carrying people with intellectual disabilities tumbled off a road and fell about 5 meters into a wooded area Monday morning in Osaka Prefecture, leaving 10 of the 18 people aboard injured, police said. The accident took place just after 10 a.m. in Izumisano, ...
