Of the "Go To Eat" that stimulates demand for eating out, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has extended the sales deadline for one month until the end of February next year, and then reduced the premium portion to 20%. We have decided to issue additional tickets.
The meal ticket business, which has a premium of 25% of the purchase price of "Go To Eat," has started selling nationwide by the 1st of this month, but according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. , Tokyo, Osaka and other 13 prefectures have suspended sales, and the difficult situation for restaurants continues.
For this reason, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, which has jurisdiction over the project, has decided to review the implementation policy, saying that it is necessary to continue efforts to stimulate demand.
Specifically, for existing meal tickets, the sales deadline will be extended by one month until the end of February next year, and the expiration date will be extended to the end of June next year at the discretion of the prefecture.
On top of that, from the middle of March next year, we plan to sell additional meal tickets with the premium portion reduced from 25% to 20%.
The sales deadline for new meal tickets is until the middle of May next year, and the expiration date is until the end of June next year.
Of the project costs recorded in the first supplementary budget for this year, the necessary expenses will be 15 billion yen, which has not been used yet, and 51.5 billion yen, which will be recorded in the third supplementary budget. I am.