Coronavirus: Japan’s tourism industry in ‘survival mode’ as travellers stay away

Japan’s domestic tourism industry is facing a major test of whether it can withstand the ravages of the novel coronavirus, with the country’s two major airlines cancelling hundreds of domestic flights and the travel sector as a whole feeling the pinch as leisure and business travellers alike increasingly choose to stay at home rather than risk contracting the disease. On a daily basis, 35,000 foreign nationals entered Japan in February, compared with 85,000 a year ago. Japan Airlines said it…