THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 6, 2020 at 19:29 JST
A woman uses a meal coupon that she just bought as she pays for her lunch at a sushi restaurant in Niigata on Oct. 5. The transparent sheet is set up at a cash register as a preventive measure against the coronavirus. (Akihito Ogawa)
Sales of premium “Go To Eat” restaurant coupons, which offer discounts of 25 percent off meals, started early in Niigata on Oct. 5, ahead of other prefectures in Japan. [Read More]
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