ANA Chief Urges Japan to Boost Travel During COVID-19 Lull

ANA Chief Urges Japan to Boost Travel During COVID-19 Lull
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Holdings Inc. President and CEO Shinya Katanozaka speaks during an interview with Reuters at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan on Nov. 11, 2021. Androniki Christodoulou/Reuters
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TOKYO—Japan’s biggest airline, ANA Holdings, has asked the government to ease curbs on overseas visitors, and seeks a revival of domestic tourism subsidies to spur travel as pandemic infections fall, its chief executive said on Thursday.

Coronavirus immigration curbs in Japan have led to a drop of about 95 percent in the number of passengers on international flights, but daily infections have dropped to fewer than 200 this month, from an August peak of more than 20,000.