菊間会長が辞任　雇調金問題で引責、後任に高橋氏―旅行業協会

　全国の旅行会社でつくる日本旅行業協会は７日、菊間潤吾会長が辞任し、後任に会長代行の高橋広行ＪＴＢ会長を選出したと発表した。菊間氏をめぐっては、自身が会長を務める旅行代理店ワールド航空サービス（東京）で国の雇用調整助成金（雇調金）が不適切に支給された問題が発覚。協会の会長を続ければ、会員企業や顧客らの理解が得られないと判断した。（2021/12/07-19:47）

Jungo Kikuma has stepped down as chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents over a government subsidy scandal involving his company, it was learned Tuesday.
   JATA said on the day that it has appointed acting chairman Hiroyuki Takahashi, chairman of major travel agency JTB Corp., to succeed Kikuma as its chairman.
   Kikuma's resignation came after the revelation that Tokyo-based World Air-Sea Service Co., a travel agency of which Kikuma serves as chairman, received government employment adjustment subsidies inappropriately.
   The association reached the conclusion that it would not be able to gain the understanding of member travel agencies and customers if Kikuma stays on as chairman.
   Late last month, World Air-Sea Service released a third-party panel report that over 170 million yen of around 450 million yen the company received under the subsidy program may have been provided inappropriately.