Also read: India can’t make up its mind on PSUs, 30 years after liberalisationThe move comes as a new wave of virus infections has prompted the worst-hit areas to call on bars and restaurants to close early, and has forced Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to partially suspend a travel incentive program intended to shore up suffering regional economies.
While the death toll in Japan is by far the lowest in any Group of Seven advanced nation, the country suffered its worst economic downturn on record in the April-June quarter.Suga has vowed to secure enough doses of vaccine for the “people of the country" by the first half of next year and it remains unclear to what extent foreign residents will be eligible for free vaccinations.