Japan mulls temporary exit of Sapporo, Osaka from travel subsidy program

Japan is preparing to suspend its "Go To Travel" subsidy program to areas including popular tourist destination cities Sapporo and Osaka, given the high number of novel coronavirus cases there, government sources said Monday.The move came after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Saturday that accepting new bookings for trips to areas, where infections are fast spreading, will be halted but did not specify where and the timeframe for it.The policy change came after a government panel of medical experts proposed reviewing the campaign, and at a time the country was in a three-day holiday, wit…READ FULL ARTICLE