The total number of public offerings for each “Go To Campaign” field has remained unchanged at ¥309.5 billion at 14:49 on June 16th.

After the spread of the new coronavirus infection has stopped, the consignment costs for each field of the "Go To Campaign" to stimulate consumption were announced. The total maximum consignment fee is 309.5 billion yen, which is the same as before the revision of the public offering method.

Regarding the “Go To Campaign” that stimulates consumption such as sightseeing and food and drink, criticism came out that the consignment fee was too high, so the government reviewed the policy of open recruitment at once and decided to open recruitment in each field ..

Looking at the upper limit of the consignment cost of the business announced by 16th for each field, "Tourism" publicly offered by the Japan Tourism Agency was 229.4 billion yen, "Food and Drink" of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was 46.9 billion yen, and the economy In the Ministry of Industry, “events” such as concerts were ¥28.1 billion, and campaigns in “shopping districts” were ¥5.1 billion.

When these are combined, the total maximum consignment cost is 309.5 billion yen, which is the same as before the revision of the public offering method.

In this regard, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama said at the press conference that splitting the public offering would not immediately lead to cost reductions, and said, "We will carefully evaluate price aspects such as appropriateness of expenses and reduce costs. I will pursue it."

In addition, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Eto said, "Since this is the upper limit, we have to think about the balance between the content of the business and the cost. We will carefully and rigorously examine it."