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Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike calls for cooperation with the request for shorter hours at restaurants and other establishments at a press conference on Friday. (The Yomiuri Shimbun)
TOKYO – Amid a resurgence of new coronavirus infections, the Japanese government is rushing to review the Go To Travel tourism promotion campaign. He has already decided to restrict travel involving the cities of Osaka and Sapporo, only to be criticized for his late response.
Now the focus is expected to shift to Tokyo, where it is believed that the government will soon restrict the campaign in accordance with the intentions of the metropolitan government.
At the request of the governors of Osaka and Hokkaido prefectures, on November 24 the government suspended subsidies for travel to destinations in the city of Osaka and Sapporo, including existing reservations. The suspension applies to trips departing on or before December 15.
However, criticism grew over the fact that the restrictions only applied to travelers arriving in those cities. So on Friday the government also asked residents of both cities to refrain from using the travel campaign until December 15.
As for other areas where infections have spread, Minister of Lands, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kazuyoshi Akaba, who is in charge of the project, said in a plenary session of the House of Councilors on Monday: “We will consider the [suspension of the campaign] based on the opinions of the government subcommittee on measures against the coronavirus, as well as the governors of each prefecture ”.
One of the next candidates for restrictions is Tokyo. Shigeru Omi, chairman of the subcommittee, has expressed his opinion that the infection situation in the 23 districts of Tokyo meets the criteria for considering the suspension of operations.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike revealed on Saturday that the metropolitan government is consulting with the ministry on procedures to suspend the campaign operation. Koike has been insisting that suspending the campaign “can help prevent the spread of infections by stopping human trafficking to and from [areas where infections are spreading]. “
The metropolitan government appears to consider options such as restricting the operation of the campaign only within the 23 districts and simply calling on residents to refrain from traveling.
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