[jeffc]

In addition, experts say that Japan's tourism industry could suffer a £1.7billion blow if the expected millions of spectators do not materialise...

So they would "lose" 1.7B pounds that they never had.....

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“So they would “lose” 1.7B pounds that they never had.....”

I was just going to write the same thing. Money you never had is hardly a LOSS, is it? That’s almost as bad as writing “It was one-hundred times less.” Silly writers.