PM Kishida vows travel aid program 6 months after central Japan quake

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Monday to launch a specialized tourism subsidy program to support the Noto Peninsula on the Sea of Japan coast, which was hardest hit by a powerful earthquake just six months after the disaster on Jan. 1.In Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kishida told reporters that the central government is preparing to introduce a project involving a 70 percent discount for visitors to the Noto area, the epicenter of the New Year's Day disaster.Since March, the Kishida administration has implemented a tourism subsidy program for prefectures affected by the earthquake, offe…READ FULL ARTICLE