Update : 2021-9-6
Visit the website of Soka City or make inquiries at the section in charge for details.
Measures for those facing financial difficulties in livelihood
Emergency retail fund
Loan of up to 100,000 yen (200,000 yen in a special case) to families whose business was suspended
Inquiry
Soka City Council of Social Welfare (Make an appointment for an application at the council office.)
Tel.(048) 932-6789
General support fund
Loan of three months basically to families whose income reduced or who lost employment (Up to 150,000 yen for single-person households, and up to 200,000 yen for households of two or more persons)
Inquiry
Soka City Council of Social Welfare (Make an appointment for an application at the council office.)
Tel.(048) 932-6789
Benefit to secure housing
House rent subsidy for families whose income reduced due to unemployment or lay-off (For three months basically, with the possibility of extension)
Inquiry
Marugoto Support SOKA
Tel.(048) 922-0185
Consultation about financial difficulties in livelihood
General consultation desk for those having financial difficulties or various other problems in livelihood
Inquiry
Marugoto Support SOKA
Tel.(048) 922-0185
Independence support fund for those with financial difficulty in livelihood
[Application to be received until November 30]
Grant of benefit for families whose income decreased, and who used the special case loans of general support fund of the Council of Social Welfare and also used the further advance (Up to three months)
Inquiry
Dedicated dial for the independence support fund for those with financial difficulty in livelihood in Seikatsu Shien-ka (Life Support Section)
Tel.(048) 924-2825
[National government measure]
Support fund and benefit for the suspension of business caused by COVID-19
Benefit for workers of small or medium-sized enterprises whose business was suspended by the instruction of the business owner (without leave payment)
Inquiry
Call center of support fund and benefit for the suspension of business caused by COVOD-19
Tel. 0120-221-276
Reduction and exemption
Reduction or exemption of the national health insurance tax, the health plan premium of the latter stage elderly and the long-term care insurance
The reduction or exemption of insurance fee for those who meet the requirements, such as the decrease of income by 30% or more from the previous year
Inquiry
Insurance Tax Unit in Hoken Nenkin-ka (Health Insurance and Pension Section)
Tel.(048) 922-1592
Kouki Koreisha Jushin Iryoshitsu (Elderly and Disabled Medical Insurance Office)
Tel.(048) 922-1367
Insurance Fee Unit in Kaigo Hoken-ka (Nursing Care Insurance Section)
Tel.(048) 922-1376
Exemption of the national pension plan payments
The exemption of insurance fee for those whose estimated income of the present year is expected to meet the requirements of exemption
Inquiry
Nenkin Kanyusha Dial (Phone inquiry for national pension subscribers)
Tel. 0570-003-004
Benefits, etc.
Special benefit to support livelihood of families raising children for families with low-income raising children
Grant of benefit for single-parent families whose income decreased and for two-parents families with low-income (One time only)
Inquiry
Allowance and Benefit Unit of Kosodate Shien-ka (Parenting Section)
Tel.(048) 922-1476
Invalidity Benefit (The national Health Insurance system and the medical-care system for the latter stage elderly)
Grant of benefit in case wages were not paid because of absence caused by the COVID-19 of the insured person
Inquiry
Insurance Benefit Unit in Hoken Nenkin-ka (Health Insurance and Pension Section)
Tel.(048) 922-1593
Kouki Koreisha Jushin Iryoshitsu (Elderly and Disabled Medical Insurance Office)
Tel.(048) 922-1367