The Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga decided Friday to spend an additional 385.62 billion yen ($3.7 billion) in reserve funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic, using most of the sum to extend a controversial travel subsidy program.The government will extend the "Go To Travel" campaign for another five months beyond its original end date in late January in order to support the virus-hit tourism industry and underpin Japan's economy. But some experts have blamed the program for the recent sharp rise in the number of domestic infections.The emergency spending includes 311.93 billion y…READ FULL ARTICLE
