Japan to provide cash handouts to students in need amid pandemic

Japanese job-hunting students dressed in suits practice swapping business cards during a business manners seminar at a placement centre in Tokyo. - Reuters/File Photo

TOKYO (Xinhua): The Japanese government is planning to offer financial aid to students here who are struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the Cabinet on Tuesday approving the programme.

The Cabinet agreed to offer students who are suffering financially up to 200,000 yen (US$1,900) in cash as a means of support, as many students have lost part-time jobs or seen their hours cut back amid business closures across the country resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.