(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Last Week in Japanese News 10/30/2022-11/05/2022 [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2022-11-06 Hello, this is RWPOINTWOMAN, and this is Last Week in Japanese News. Here I translate Easy level Japanese articles from the Easy Japanese news reader app and they all have to pertain to Japan. My grasp isn't very good, but that's not a problem, given that app was created with people like me. On with the show! October 31, 2022: Japanese government decides to dole out money to help deal with hardship caused by rising prices. (NHK) The Japanese government decided on October 28 to issue stimulus payments to families and corporations struggling with price increases in order to help them. This will reduce household electricity usage expenses by about 20% starting next January. According to the Japanese government, this will reduce the monthly rate for households that use an average amount of electricity by ¥2,800/mo. As for municipal gas, ¥30/m2 will be given to both households and to those companies that use little of it. For households using an average amount of gas, the savings would be ¥900/mo. The Japanese government will continue issuing stimulus payments until to decrease the cost of things like gasoline until next September. They said that doing it this will reduce the expenses of ordinary households by ¥45,000 from next January to next September. In addition, next year, when a child is conceived or born, ¥10,000 will be paid to everyone. It will be paid to households with babies born after April 2022. November 1, 2022: More foreigners coming to Japan. Hotels face staffing shortage. (NHK) As an increasing number of foreigners come to Japan, reservations hotels, ryoukan, etc. are rising. According to a survey company, over 60% of such places answered that they were short of staff. At a hotel in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, the number of foreigners booking reservations has significantly increased. There are days when all the rooms are booked, but because there are fewer workers, reservations have fallen 80%. At the hotel, about 50 out of the original 140 employees quit after the spread of COVID-19. Now, because of the shortage of employees, they have also kept the restaurant closed from Monday through Friday since the start of September. Employees such as receptionists are helping out. A hotel employee said, "We will try not to make this a problem by making it so guests can check in with a machine." November 2, 2022: Food prices rising, appear to stress households. (NHK) Goods are getting more expensive. Since the start of November, a variety of foods have also gotten more expensive. Meiji Dairy Corporation, Morinaga Milk Industry, etc. are going to increase the price of things like cow's milk and yogurt by 2%-12.5%. Ebara Food Industry is raising the prices of 29 items including Yakiniku no tare by 7-38%. It has been over 30 years since these companies last raised the cost of these goods. The price of foods that simply require added hot water like ochazuke and miso soup will also rise. Starting in November, the price of baby formula and food intended for the frail elderly will also rise. It looks as if life will become harder for families as food prices rise. That's all for now. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/story/2022/11/6/2132715/-Last-Week-in-Japanese-News-10-30-2022-11-05-2022 Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/