TOKYO -- Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and health ministry staff who have responded to the coronavirus outbreak will receive a special daily bonus of up to 4,000 yen ($38).
Daily allowance raised as 2,700 SDF members risked exposure in cruise ship response

Self-Defense Forces personnel work outside the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at a port in Yokohama. © Kyodo
TOKYO -- Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and health ministry staff who have responded to the coronavirus outbreak will receive a special daily bonus of up to 4,000 yen ($38).