赤羽国交相、ＧｏＴｏ「一日も早く再開」　衆院国交委で閉会中審査

　衆院国土交通委員会は２３日、政府の観光支援事業「Ｇｏ　Ｔｏ　トラベル」をめぐり閉会中審査を開いた。政府が年末年始に事業の全国一斉停止を決めたことについて、赤羽一嘉国交相は「苦渋の選択」とした上で、「感染防止対策に力を入れながら、一日も早くスムーズに再開できるよう努力したい」と述べた。公明党の遠山清彦氏への答弁。
　全国一斉停止は、２８日から来年１月１１日まで実施。１２日以降の再開について政府の新型コロナウイルス感染症対策分科会の尾身茂会長は「（１２日の）数日前に真剣な評価をすべきだ。このままいけば（感染者数が）下がっていくか、もう一押し（対策を）やらないといけないか、ある程度判断できる」と説明した。赤羽氏は「（再開は）可能性としてはあり得る」と述べた。国民民主党の古川元久氏への答弁。（2020/12/23-12:49）

Japanese tourism minister Kazuyoshi Akaba said Wednesday the government will make efforts to resume its Go To Travel subsidy program as early as possible after a nationwide halt, while striving to prevent the viral spread at the same time.
   Akaba made the remark during off-session deliberations by the Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament.
   The minister also said, "It was a tough decision" to suspend the program across the country during the year-end and New Year holiday period.
   The resumption of the program after the nationwide halt, which spans from Monday to Jan. 11, is "a possible option," Akaba said.
   At the same committee meeting, Shigeru Omi, head of a government panel of experts on coronavirus countermeasures, said a serious evaluation of the nationwide halt, which was decided after a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the country, should be made a few days before Jan. 12.