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By WANG XU in Tokyo | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-28 07:33 Share CLOSE A man walks on the Odaiba waterfront in Tokyo on Tuesday as Olympic rings are seen in the background. KOJI SASAHARA/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Japanese lawmakers and the public grilled the government over plans to recruit 10,000 medical personnel for the Summer Olympics as hospitals in Japan come under mounting pressure from a rising number of COVID-19 patients.
Japan s Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto said in a parliamentary session on Tuesday the government is committed to a plan to secure thousands of medical staff for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. We are trying to secure necessary medical staff of around 10,000, on the premise of asking doctors and nurses that each of them work about five days during the Games period, she said.
By WANG XU in Tokyo | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-17 07:55 Share CLOSE A banner for the Go To Travel promotion is displayed near the popular Sensoji Temple in Tokyo on Tuesday. The campaign will be paused over the New Year holiday period. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP
A move by Japan to suspend a controversial travel campaign could result in a $860 million hit to projected domestic spending over the prime New Year holiday period, researchers said.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday announced a temporary halt to the Go To Travel promotion, which had been conceived as a means to stoke consumer spending that was depressed by the coronavirus pandemic. The suspension will apply from Dec 28 to Jan 11.