Japan’s summer holidays in full swing with lack of COVID restrictions https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan’s-summer-holidays-in-full-swing-with-lack-of-covid-restrictions
Ministry of Finance honing in on proposal to increase consumption tax to 15% https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7f7bcfa690e3af9f276858bf87a6f20c6f663643?page=1