This aerial photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter shows the Tomei Expressway during heavy traffic in the city of Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture. (Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) The building housing the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is pictured in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. (Mainichi/Kazuo Motohashi) TOKYO -- To prevent travel to sightseeing spots and other locations amid a heightened coronavirus spread in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Kansai region in west Japan, the government will ask expressway operators to suspend holiday toll discounts with the Electronic Toll Collection System (ETC) over the "Golden Week" holiday between late April and early May.

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