Surprise check: Biden stimulus mailed to Japanese by mistake

Ineligible foreigners receive payments amid US focus on speed

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The Biden administration tried to get stimulus checks out to families as quickly as possible under its American Rescue Plan.  © Reuters

MASAHIRO OKOSHI, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- Stimulus checks of up to $1,400, the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief package approved in March, are reaching unintended recipients -- noncitizens who are no longer living in the U.S.

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