Further information has been announced by the Ministry
of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance in regards to the
application of the Special Scheme for Partial Suspension of
Business for coping with the effects of COVID-19.
Any business can be included in the Special Partial Suspension
Scheme if its operations have been partially suspended as long as
its turnover has decreased by more than 25% for the period starting
from March 16, 2020 until April 2020, compared to the corresponding
period in 2019. The reduction in turnover should be solely due to
the current situation. In case the company did not have operations
in 2019, the comparison for the reduction of turnover will be done
by using the months immediately preceding March 2020.
