Regarding the issue that a travel agency in Tokyo, of which the chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents serves as the representative director, is suspected of illegally receiving the "employment adjustment subsidy", the association said at a regular press conference on the 11th, "I am very sorry. I think, "he said, and after waiting for the results of the company's survey, he expressed his intention to consider future measures.
The Tokyo travel agency "World Aviation Service", of which Jungo Kikuma (69), chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, is the representative director, pretends to be resting employees since last year when the infection with the new coronavirus spread. According to an NHK interview, it was suspected that the documents were submitted to the government and that the employment adjustment subsidy was illegally received at least about 70 million yen.
Regarding this, Mr. Tadashi Shimura, President of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, said at a regular press conference held on the 11th, "I do not know the details, but it is a fact that there was a suspicion of illegal receipt, and the credit of the travel industry I'm very sorry that there is a part that has caused the crash. "
After that, it was clarified that the chairman had told him that he would leave it to the board of directors regarding the advancement and retreat of Chairman Kikuma, and after waiting for the results of the investigation by the third-party committee established by the company, he would consider future measures. Shown.
"World Aviation Service" said to NHK that "the facts are being confirmed and cannot be commented", and that the survey results will be announced as soon as they are finalized.