Kishida pledges travel aid program 6 months after Ishikawa quake

as volunteers continue to work hard.

Hats off to those that volunteer!

Where's all this money coming from?

Japan become country that full of pledge and bow.

This is the way of recent LDP man-made disaster regime.

They never directly help evacuees or sufferers, always prioritize only benefiting something corporations with taxes.

Such their politics continuing to increase disaster-related deaths week by week.

YankeeXToday  05:38 pm JST

Where's all this money coming from?

The same money box as the trillions he is spending on military I guess.

70 percent discount sounds mighty tempting, although I'd never want to be a misery tourist. Maybe there are unaffected regions covered in this program?

Where the hardship is genuine, give people money. For less affected areas, earthquakes affect areas with weak subsoil that shake a lot and that's certainly not evenly distributed, don't give people money. An area with Shindo 7 will be extensively damaged. Somewhere 500m away that was (in reality) only Shindo 5+ won't be.

Let's not bother with this "help people via tourism" charade. There can be hardship in towns with no tourists. Only wealthy people and non time-poor people can travel. The government should also help people who are not wealthy and time poor. Giving cheap travel to the relatively wealthy (in money and time) to help what may already be the wealthier bits of Noto is far from ideal.

I am willing to Bet that Ukraine got priority over Ishikawa Pref.

"Priority", how?

Running water has started to run on the Noto Peninsula, and signs of recovery are visible.

However, the area around Wajima suffered devastating damage, so it is still a long way from being able to welcome tourists.

There would also be an economic benefit if tourists were welcomed throughout the Hokuriku region, rather than just the Noto Peninsula.

Would giving money to Africans make them all happy?

It is nothing short of shallow thinking to imagine that anyone can be made happy if you just give them money.

Self-help, mutual help, and public assistance are the principles that Japan should follow.

I'm planning a trip to Hokuriku in August, so please hurry up lol

@Aoi

This is the way of recent LDP man-made disaster regime.

They never directly help evacuees or sufferers, always prioritize only benefiting something corporations with taxes.

Such their politics continuing to increase disaster-related deaths week by week.

Exactly correct! You highlighted the reality of how the LDP led Government acts!

All the heavy equipment, machinery and trucks are busy with the Osaka expo. Just like what happened to the Tohoku area when Abe and company decided to host the Tokyo olympics. All the gear moved to Tokyo...

Where are the tourists going to stay to support the Noto area, in tents?

Another ridiculous scheme by short sighted Kishida!

They need financial help.

Just last Friday, the Japanese government increased the quake relief and reconstruction fund to now ¥555.2 billion.

Let's not bother with this "help people via tourism" charade. There can be hardship in towns with no tourists. Only wealthy people and non time-poor people can travel. The government should also help people who are not wealthy and time poor. Giving cheap travel to the relatively wealthy (in money and time) to help what may already be the wealthier bits of Noto is far from ideal.

So what if only wealthy people and non time-poor people can take advantage of the travel discount system? It’s about helping to create financial support for the affected areas.

Now, whether or not these programs actually help those areas is another, albeit more important, issue. personally, I think it’s a stupid move. Rebuilding with nobody there is obviously easier than with some people there. So it goes to reason that MORE people there due to the travel program would make things go slower.

Rebuild first. THEN offer discounts to travel there.

Where's all this money coming from?

Why is this an issue for you?

But given that it was announced by the government, I imagine the government.

How about you just enact actual repair and recovery operations there using these funds? It’s been 7 months and the place is still a mess in most areas. Instead of some convoluted travel subsidies to an area that already had no tourism…?

The hoops they jump through to not actually help their citizens in disaster areas here is wild

So what if only wealthy people and non time-poor people can take advantage of the travel discount system? It’s about helping to create financial support for the affected areas.

Just give (taxpayers') money to people who've lost their homes. Don't give it to tourists who'll give it to the corporation with the earthquakeproof reinforced concrete hotel that was barely damaged. This is trickle down economics. Everyone knows it doesn't work.

It seems to me that tourists might not be what they need most right now.

"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.." Note: Furthermore, "Since March, the Kishida administration has implemented a tourism subsidy program for prefectures affected by the earthquake, offering discounts of up to half off hotel prices to boost the travel industry in the Hokuriku region of central Japan."

This is May. What has been done? What has been done? Little. Very little of enthusiasm you saw of the LDP bash.

The area is a long way off ready to receive any tourist visitors.

Will this be branded as the 'No To' campaign?

For goodness sake,just provide the stricken area with the personnel and equipment required.

Basic humanity.