②With regard to the application of the preceding paragraph to a qualified recipient, etc. who receives payment of ship fare or vehicle fare, a distance equivalent to four times the distance serving as the basis for calculating the amount of that ship fare or vehicle fare is to be included in the distance serving as the basis for calculating the amount of railway fare.

The amount of the arrival allowance is to be 76,000 yen where relatives accompany the person (95,000 yen where the distance serving as the basis for calculating the amount of railway fare is 100 kilometers or more), and 38,000 yen where relatives do not accompany the person (47,500 yen where the distance serving as the basis for calculating the amount of railway fare is 100 kilometers or more).

Where job preparation expenses are paid by the new employer, etc., if the amount paid is less than the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 87 through the preceding Article, an amount equivalent to the difference is to be paid as relocation expenses.

①When a qualified recipient, etc. intends to receive payment of relocation expenses, the recipient must, within one month counting from the day following the day of relocation, submit a written application for relocation expenses (Form No. 30) to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office, accompanied by the qualified recipient's certificate, etc. (or, where a qualified recipient, an elderly qualified recipient or a specially qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, a notice of recipient qualification for the elderly or a special recipient qualification notice, respectively, by presenting an Individual Number Card). In this case, where relatives accompany the recipient, the recipient must attach documents capable of proving that those relatives are persons whose livelihood is maintained by the recipient.

②Where a qualified recipient, etc. submits the written application for relocation expenses referred to in the preceding paragraph and falls under any of the following items, the recipient must notify the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office of the amount specified in the relevant item.

③The proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) applies mutatis mutandis to the qualified recipient's certificate, etc. referred to in paragraph (1) (or, where a qualified recipient, an elderly qualified recipient or a specially qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, a notice of recipient qualification for the elderly or a special recipient qualification notice, respectively, the Individual Number Card).

The Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office who has received submission of a written application for relocation expenses is, when having decided to pay relocation expenses to a qualified recipient, etc., to issue a written decision on payment of relocation expenses (Form No. 31) and then pay the relocation expenses.

①A qualified recipient, etc. who has received payment of relocation expenses by reason of taking up employment referred by a Public Employment Security Office, a specified local government or an employment placement service provider must, upon reporting to the place of business of the new employment, submit the written decision on payment of relocation expenses referred to in the preceding Article to the employer of that place of business.

②The employer who has received submission of the written decision on payment of relocation expenses must prepare a certificate of relocation (Form No. 32) based on the written decision and send it to the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office who paid the relocation expenses.

①A qualified recipient, etc. who has received payment of relocation expenses must, where the recipient has not taken up the employment referred by a Public Employment Security Office, a specified local government or an employment placement service provider, or has not taken the public vocational training, etc. as directed by the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office, notify the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office who paid the relocation expenses to that effect within 10 days counting from the day following the day on which that fact was determined, and return an amount equivalent to the relocation expenses that the recipient received.

②The Chief of the Public Employment Security Office who paid relocation expenses must, upon receiving the notification under the preceding paragraph or upon learning of the fact prescribed in that paragraph, cause the return of an amount equivalent to the relocation expenses paid, and where relocation expenses have been paid in excess of the amount to be paid, cause the return of an amount equivalent to the portion exceeding the amount to be paid.

Job-seeking activity support expenses are to be paid, in accordance with the classification of cases listed in the following items, as specified in the relevant item.

Wide-area job-seeking activity expenses are to be paid where a qualified recipient, etc. engages in job-seeking activities covering a wide range of areas through referral by a Public Employment Security Office (hereinafter referred to as "wide-area job-seeking activities"), and the case falls under all of the following items.

Notwithstanding the preceding Article, wide-area job-seeking activity expenses are not to be paid for the wide-area job-seeking activities listed in the following items.

①Wide-area job-seeking activity expenses consist of railway fare, ship fare, air fare, vehicle fare and lodging charges.

②Wide-area job-seeking activity expenses (excluding lodging charges) are to be calculated according to the route from the location of the competent Public Employment Security Office to the location of the Public Employment Security Office having jurisdiction over the location of the visited business establishment.

①The amounts of railway fare, ship fare, air fare and vehicle fare are to be the amounts calculated respectively in accordance with the provisions of Article 88, paragraphs (1) through (4).

③With regard to the application of the preceding paragraph to a qualified recipient, etc. who receives payment of ship fare or vehicle fare, a distance equivalent to four times the distance serving as the basis for calculating the amount of that ship fare or vehicle fare is to be included in the distance serving as the basis for calculating the amount of railway fare.