The Japan Tourism Agency is considering filing criminal complaints against three companies accused of illegally obtaining government subsidies through the Go To Travel tourism-promotion program.
Japanese travel agency H.I.S. Co said Friday its subsidiaries fraudulently received the government's tourism promotion subsidies last year by overreporting the number of hotel room stays they sold. H.I.S. said its internal probe panel found that the two units, Japan Holiday Travel Co and Miki Tourist Co, received a combined…