Japan faces backlash from Tokyo residents over travel subsidy
Government excludes Tokyo from campaign to promote tourism industry amid high number of Covid-19 cases in the capital
17 July 2020 - 09:30
Tokyo — The Japanese government faced potentially damaging blowback on Friday after barring Tokyo residents from claiming a travel subsidy that is aimed at reviving a domestic tourism industry hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s $16bn “Go To” tourism campaign was intended to promote travel across the country, but officials agreed on Thursday to exclude the capital after recent record numbers of coronavirus infections there...
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