Governments of all types across Japan have begun campaigns to encourage foreign tourists to purchase travel insurance, with a recent surge in people leaving unpaid medical bills putting pressure on Japanese hospital budgets.If uninsured travelers are injured or fall ill during their stay in Japan, they have to foot the bill for all medical expenses, and nearly 30 percent of travelers arrive having taken out no overseas travel insurance policy at all, according to a government survey.Government agencies are using various ways to nudge foreign travelers toward buying insurance, including plac…READ FULL ARTICLE
