Passengers go through ticket gates at Gora station in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Oct. 4, 2020. Japan's national Go To campaign aimed at spurring domestic travel has been halted in Osaka and Sapporo. - Bloomberg
TOKYO (Xinhua): Japan's minister in charge of Covid-19 response said on Tuesday (Nov 24)that the government will suspend the "Go To Travel" domestic travel subsidy campaign in Sapporo and Osaka for three weeks due to sharp rises of Covid-19 cases in the two cities.
At a news conference on Tuesday, Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said that the government will cover cancellation fees for pre-booked trips to the two cities and compensate the losses of the affected businesses.
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